n.
a. Of or pertaining to Abyssinia. [ 1913 Webster ]
Abyssinian gold,
n.
‖n.;
n.
n.
n.
n.
n. One who east human flesh. [ Ludicrous ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n.
a. Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609). [ 1913 Webster ]
The Arminian doctrines are: 1. Conditional election and reprobation, in opposition to absolute predestination. 2. Universal redemption, or that the atonement was made by Christ for all mankind, though none but believers can be partakers of the benefit. 3. That man, in order to exercise true faith, must be regenerated and renewed by the operation of the Holy Spirit, which is the gift of God. 4. That man may resist divine grace. 5. That man may relapse from a state of grace. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]
Augustinian canons,
Augustinian hermits or
Austin friars
Augustinian nuns,
Augustinian rule,
n. One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. bi- + laciniate. ] Doubly fringed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers.
n. A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. --
(Math.) See under Oval. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the czar or the czarina; czarish. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From the name of Charles Darwin, an English scientist. ] Pertaining to Darwin;
☞ This theory was put forth by Darwin in 1859 in a work entitled “The Origin of species by Means of Natural Selection.” The author argues that, in the struggle for existence, those plants and creatures best fitted to the requirements of the situation in which they are placed are the ones that will live; in other words, that Nature selects those which are to survive. This is the theory of natural selection or the survival of the fittest. He also argues that natural selection is capable of modifying and producing organisms fit for their circumstances. See
n. An advocate of Darwinism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Darwinism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Eleusinius, Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated;
‖n. [ NL. See Equine. ] (Med.) Glanders. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. [ after
n. [ L. finire to finish, end. See Finish. ] (Arch.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Frontignac. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL. See Gadolinite. ] (Chem.) A rare earth associated with yttria and regarded as the oxide (
‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr.
n. [ Gr.
‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white. ] (Zoöl.) A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Hex-, and Actinia. ] (Zool.) The Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ See Hydra, and Actinia. ] (Zool.) Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus
‖n. (Zool.) A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the inion. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Script. Hist.) An adherent to the doctrines of
a. Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n. A genus of birds including the nightingale Luscinia megarhyncos.