English Dictionary: Samian ware | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Samian \Sa"mi*an\, a. [L. Samius.] Of or pertaining to the island of Samos. Fill high the cup with Samian wine. --Byron. {Samian earth}, a species of clay from Samos, formerly used in medicine as an astringent. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Seminar \Sem`i*nar"\, 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.; -- called also {seminary}. | |
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Seminarian \Sem`i*na"ri*an\, Seminarist \Sem"i*na*rist\, n. [Cf. F. s[82]minariste.] A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, 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. But if you draw them [seedling] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. --Evelyn. 2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [Obs.] --Woodward. 3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university. 4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] --Harvey. 6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Seminarian \Sem`i*na"ri*an\, Seminarist \Sem"i*na*rist\, n. [Cf. F. s[82]minariste.] A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, 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. But if you draw them [seedling] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. --Evelyn. 2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [Obs.] --Woodward. 3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university. 4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] --Harvey. 6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, a. [L. seminarius.] Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Seminar \Sem`i*nar"\, 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.; -- called also {seminary}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, 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. But if you draw them [seedling] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. --Evelyn. 2. Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced. [Obs.] --Woodward. 3. A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university. 4. Seminal state. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] --Harvey. 6. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Seminary \Sem"i*na*ry\, a. [L. seminarius.] Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Seminar \Sem`i*nar"\, 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.; -- called also {seminary}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Purchase \Pur"chase\ (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager pursuit. See {Purchase}, v. t.] 1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.] I'll . . . get meat to have thee, Or lose my life in the purchase. --Beau. & Fl. 2. The act of seeking and acquiring property. 3. The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent. It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance. --Franklin. 4. That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition. --Chaucer. B. Jonson. We met with little purchase upon this coast, except two small vessels of Golconda. --De Foe. A beauty-waning and distressed widow . . . Made prize and purchase of his lustful eye. --Shak. 5. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent. [bd]The scrip was complete evidence of his right in the purchase.[b8] --Wheaton. 6. Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained. A politician, to do great things, looks for a power -- what our workmen call a purchase. --Burke. 7. (Law) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement. --Blackstone. {Purchase criminal}, robbery. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Purchase money}, the money paid, or contracted to be paid, for anything bought. --Berkeley. {Worth, [or] At}, {[so many] years' purchase}, a phrase by which the value or cost of a thing is expressed in the length of time required for the income to amount to the purchasing price; as, he bought the estate at a twenty years' purchase. To say one's life is not worth a day's purchase in the same as saying one will not live a day, or is in imminent peril. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sommonour \Som"mon*our\, n. A summoner. [Obs.] | |
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Summoner \Sum"mon*er\, n. [OE. somner, sompnour, OF. semoneor, F. semonneur. See {Summon}, v. t.] One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Beadle \Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F. bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. b[81]ttel, fr. OHG. biotan, G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as OHG. butil. See. {Bid}, v.] 1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an {apparitor} or {summoner}. 2. An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.] Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and bedell (Cambridge) are preserved. 3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Summoner \Sum"mon*er\, n. [OE. somner, sompnour, OF. semoneor, F. semonneur. See {Summon}, v. t.] One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Beadle \Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F. bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. b[81]ttel, fr. OHG. biotan, G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as OHG. butil. See. {Bid}, v.] 1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an {apparitor} or {summoner}. 2. An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.] Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and bedell (Cambridge) are preserved. 3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Seminary, MS (town, FIPS 66400) Location: 31.55920 N, 89.49531 W Population (1990): 231 (126 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39479 |