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n. The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. kosmopoli`ths; ko`smos the world + poli`ths citizen, po`lis city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite. ] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal. [ 1913 Webster ]

In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. debilitants, p. pr. ] (Med.) Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Litanies [ OE. letanie, OF. letanie, F. litanie, L. litania, Gr. litanei`a, fr. litaney`ein to pray, akin to li`tesqai, li`ssesqai, to pray, lith` prayer. ] A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character. [ 1913 Webster ]

Supplications . . . for the appeasing of God's wrath were of the Greek church termed litanies, and rogations of the Latin. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. metropolitanus: cf. F. métropolitain. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority. “Bishops metropolitan.” Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. metropolitanus. ] 1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is a civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch; as, the metropolitan of Constantinople. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The see of a metropolitan bishop. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Militant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The state of being militant; warfare. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A military spirit or system; militarism. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. militans, -antis, p. pr. of militare to be soldier: cf. F. militant. See Militate. ] Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. -- Mil"i*tant*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

At which command the powers militant . . .
Moved on in silence. Milton. [1913 Webster]

Church militant, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church triumphant, in heaven. [1913 Webster]

prop. a. [ L. Neapolitanus, fr. Neapolis Naples, Gr. &unr_;, lit., New town. ] Of of pertaining to Naples in Italy. -- n. A native or citizen of Naples. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. (a) An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream. (b) An ice or ice cream prepared in layers, as vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate ice cream, and orange or lemon water ice. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]