English Dictionary: demonolatry | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d1nomel \[d1]n"o*mel\, n. [Gr. [?] wine + [?] honey.] Wine mixed with honey; mead, [R.] | |
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d8Animalculum \[d8]An`i*mal"cu*lum\, n.; pl. {Animalcula}. [NL. See {Animalcule}.] An animalcule. Note: Animalcul[91], as if from a Latin singular animalcula, is a barbarism. | |
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d8Mamelon \[d8]Mam"e*lon\, n. [F.] A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance. --Westmin. Rev. | |
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d8Mameluco \[d8]Mam`e*lu"co\, n. [Pg.] A child born of a white father and Indian mother. [S. Amer.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Mammalia \[d8]Mam*ma"li*a\, n. pl. [NL., from L. mammalis. See {Mammal}.] (Zo[94]l.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother. Note: Mammalia are divided into three subclasses; -- I. {Placentalia}. This subclass embraces all the higher orders, including man. In these the fetus is attached to the uterus by a placenta. II. {Marsupialia}. In these no placenta is formed, and the young, which are born at an early state of development, are carried for a time attached to the teats, and usually protected by a marsupial pouch. The opossum, kangaroo, wombat, and koala are examples. III. {Monotremata}. In this group, which includes the genera {Echidna} and {Ornithorhynchus}, the female lays large eggs resembling those of a bird or lizard, and the young, which are hatched like those of birds, are nourished by a watery secretion from the imperfectly developed mamm[91]. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Mammilla \[d8]Mam*mil"la\, n.; pl. {Mammil[91]}. [L., dim. of mamma a breast.] (Anat.) The nipple. | |
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d8Manille \[d8]Ma*nille"\, n. [F.] See 1st {Manilla}, 1. | |
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d8Manul \[d8]Ma"nul\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A wild cat ({Felis manul}), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Menologium \[d8]Men`o*lo"gi*um\, Menology \Me*nol"o*gy\, n.; pl. L. {Menologia}, E. {Menologies}. [NL. menologium, fr. Gr. [?] month + [?] discourse : cf. F. m[82]nologe.] 1. A register of months. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. (Gr. Church) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not written. | |
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d8Moniliales \[d8]Mo*nil`i*a"les\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. monile necklace, -- because the conidia are produced in chains.] (Bot.) The largest of the three orders into which the Fungi Imperfecti are divided, including various forms. | |
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d8Non liquet \[d8]Non` li"quet\ [L.] It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial. | |
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d8Nummulites \[d8]Num`mu*li"tes\, n. [NL. See {Nummulite}.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally. | |
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Demonial \De*mo"ni*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a demon. [Obs.] --Cudworth. | |
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Demonolatry \De`mon*ol"a*try\, n. [Gr. dai`mwn demon + latrei`a worship, [?] to serve, worship: cf. F. d[82]monol[83]trie.] The worship of demons. | |
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Demonologer \De`mon*ol"o*ger\, n. One versed in demonology. --R. North. | |
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Demonologic \De`mon*o*log"ic\, Demonological \De`mon*o*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]monologique.] Of or pertaining to demonology. | |
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Demonologic \De`mon*o*log"ic\, Demonological \De`mon*o*log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]monologique.] Of or pertaining to demonology. | |
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Demonologist \De`mon*ol"o*gist\, n. One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology. | |
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Demonology \De`mon*ol"o*gy\ (?; 277), n. [Demon + -logy: cf. F. d[82]monologie.] A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Domanial \Do*ma"ni*al\, a. Of or relating to a domain or to domains. | |
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Dynamo-electric \Dy`na*mo-e*lec"tric\, a. [Gr. [?] power + E. electric. See {Dynamic}.] Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents by mechanical power. |