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a. Illuminative. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. (Anat.) Between lammellæ or laminæ; as, interlamellar spaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. laminaire. See Lamina ] In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Lamina. ] (Bot.) A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Lamina. ] (Paleon.) A broad-leafed fossil alga. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Laminar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Luminaries [ F. luminaire, L. luminare a light or lamp, which was lighted in the churches, a luminary, fr. lumen, luminis, light, fr. lucere to be light, to shine, lux, lucis, light. See Light. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies. “ Radiant luminary.” Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the great luminary . . .
Dispenses light from far. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. minarete, Ar. manārat lamp, lantern, lighthouse, turret, fr. nār to shine. ] (Arch.) A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. contr. from aluminium + L. argentum silver. ] An alloy consisting of copper, nickel, tungsten, and aluminium; -- used by jewelers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a preliminary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. pre + L. liminaris belonging to a threshold, fr. limen, liminis, threshold, entrance: cf. F. préliminaire. Cf. Limit. ] Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Introductory; preparatory; prefatory; proemial; previous; prior; precedent; antecedent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Preliminaries That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Introduction; preface; prelude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. See Seminary, n. ] A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- formerly called also seminary, now seldom used in this sense. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. séminariste. ] A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Seminaries [ L. seminarium, fr. seminarius belonging to seed, fr. semon, seminis, seed. See Seminal. ] 1. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. [ Obs. ] Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

But if you draw them [ seedling ] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [ Obs. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Seminal state. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. seminarius. ] Belonging to seed; seminal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. tri- + L. lumen, luminis, light. ] Having three lights [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]