‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray. ] (Zool.) An order of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Formed fr. L. adesse to be present; ad + esse to be. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. (Geography) The capital
a. [ L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo. ] (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo;
n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]
An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. arenarius, fr. arena sand. ] Sandy;
n. One who attitudinizes; a posture maker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A practicing of attitudes; posture making. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. L. bis twice + pinna feather. ] (Zool.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., fr. L. carina keel. ] (Zool.) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Catilinarius. ] Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or relating to a hundred years. --
n. The state or quality of being columnar. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
a. & n. Concubinary. [ 1913 Webster ]
The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a large genus of rusty-spored agarics having prominent cortinae.
adv. In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
a. Pertaining to discipline. “Displinarian system.” Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. A doctrinaire. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The principles or practices of the Doctrinaires. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia.
adv. In an eleemosynary manner; by charity; charitably. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an extraordinary manner or degree. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being extraordinary. [ R. ] Gov. of the Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A natural family including ovenbirds.
n. The type genus of the
prop. n. A genus of chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; it includes species formerly placed in the genus
a. In a imaginary manner; in imagination. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being imaginary; unreality. [ 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
n. [ See Lamina. ] (Paleon.) A broad-leafed fossil alga. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. latitudinaire. ]
Latitudinarian sentiments upon religious subjects. Allibone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
They were called “men of latitude;” and upon this, men of narrow thoughts fastened upon them the name of latitudinarians. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fierce sectarianism bred fierce latitudinarianism. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
He [ Ammonius Saccas ] plunged into the wildest latitudinarianism of opinion. J. S. Harford. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon.
n. [ So called because formerly supposed to occur at
‖n. [ NL., fr. L. lucerna a lamp. ] (Zool.) A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida. --
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Lucernaria. ] (Zool.)
prop. n. A small genus of European herbs of the mustard family, including the herb
n. [ See Lunar, Luna. ] An inhabitant of the moon. [ 1913 Webster ]