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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Honesty \Hon"es*ty\, n. [OE. honeste, oneste, honor, OF. honest[82], onest[82] (cf. F. honn[88]tet[82]), L. honestas. See {Honest}, a.] 1. Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency. [Obs.] --Chaucer. She derives her honesty and achieves her goodness. --Shak. 2. The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile. That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. --1 Tim. ii. 2. 3. Chastity; modesty. --Chaucer. To lay . . . siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. --Shak. 4. (Bot.) Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also {lunary} and {moonwort}. {Lunaria biennis} is common honesty; {L. rediva} is perennial honesty. Syn: Integrity; probity; uprightness; trustiness; faithfulness; honor; justice; equity; fairness; candor; plain-dealing; veracity; sincerity. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lord \Lord\, n. [OE. lord, laverd, loverd, AS. hl[be]ford, for hl[be]fweard, i. e., bread keeper; hl[be]f bread, loaf + weardian to look after, to take care of, to ward. See {Loaf}, and {Ward} to guard, and cf. {Laird}, {Lady}.] 1. One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor. But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion. --Shak. Man over men He made not lord. --Milton. 2. A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank. [Eng.] 3. A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc. [Eng.] 4. A husband. [bd]My lord being old also.[b8] --Gen. xviii. 12. Thou worthy lord Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee. --Shak. 5. (Feudal Law) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor. 6. The Supreme Being; Jehovah. Note: When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in small capitals, it is usually equivalent to Jehovah, and might, with more propriety, be so rendered. 7. The Savior; Jesus Christ. {House of Lords}, one of the constituent parts of the British Parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal. {Lord high chancellor}, {Lord high constable}, etc. See {Chancellor}, {Constable}, etc. {Lord justice clerk}, the second in rank of the two highest judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. {Lord justice general}, [or] {Lord president}, the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. {Lord keeper}, an ancient officer of the English crown, who had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority to affix it to public documents. The office is now merged in that of the chancellor. {Lord lieutenant}, a representative of British royalty: the {lord lieutenant of Ireland} being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the {lord lieutenant of a county} being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county. {Lord of misrule}, the master of the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house. --Eng. Cyc. {Lords spiritual}, the archbishops and bishops who have seats in the House of Lords. {Lords temporal}, the peers of England; also, sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and twenty-eight representatives of the Irish peerage. {Our lord}, Jesus Christ; the Savior. {The Lord's Day}, Sunday; the Christian Sabbath, on which the Lord Jesus rose from the dead. {The Lord's Prayer}, the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples. --Matt. vi. 9-13. {The Lord's Supper}. (a) The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus the night before his crucifixion. (b) The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy communion. {The Lord's Table}. (a) The altar or table from which the sacrament is dispensed. (b) The sacrament itself. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Abbot \Ab"bot\, n. [AS. abbod, abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr. 'abba^s, fr. Syriac abb[be] father. Cf. {Abba}, {Abb[82]}.] 1. The superior or head of an abbey. 2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. --Encyc. Brit. {Abbot of the people}. a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa. {Abbot of Misrule} (or {Lord of Misrule}), in medi[91]val times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the {Abbot of Unreason}. --Encyc. Brit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lord \Lord\, n. [OE. lord, laverd, loverd, AS. hl[be]ford, for hl[be]fweard, i. e., bread keeper; hl[be]f bread, loaf + weardian to look after, to take care of, to ward. See {Loaf}, and {Ward} to guard, and cf. {Laird}, {Lady}.] 1. One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor. But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion. --Shak. Man over men He made not lord. --Milton. 2. A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank. [Eng.] 3. A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc. [Eng.] 4. A husband. [bd]My lord being old also.[b8] --Gen. xviii. 12. Thou worthy lord Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee. --Shak. 5. (Feudal Law) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor. 6. The Supreme Being; Jehovah. Note: When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in small capitals, it is usually equivalent to Jehovah, and might, with more propriety, be so rendered. 7. The Savior; Jesus Christ. {House of Lords}, one of the constituent parts of the British Parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal. {Lord high chancellor}, {Lord high constable}, etc. See {Chancellor}, {Constable}, etc. {Lord justice clerk}, the second in rank of the two highest judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. {Lord justice general}, [or] {Lord president}, the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. {Lord keeper}, an ancient officer of the English crown, who had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority to affix it to public documents. The office is now merged in that of the chancellor. {Lord lieutenant}, a representative of British royalty: the {lord lieutenant of Ireland} being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the {lord lieutenant of a county} being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county. {Lord of misrule}, the master of the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house. --Eng. Cyc. {Lords spiritual}, the archbishops and bishops who have seats in the House of Lords. {Lords temporal}, the peers of England; also, sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and twenty-eight representatives of the Irish peerage. {Our lord}, Jesus Christ; the Savior. {The Lord's Day}, Sunday; the Christian Sabbath, on which the Lord Jesus rose from the dead. {The Lord's Prayer}, the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples. --Matt. vi. 9-13. {The Lord's Supper}. (a) The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus the night before his crucifixion. (b) The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy communion. {The Lord's Table}. (a) The altar or table from which the sacrament is dispensed. (b) The sacrament itself. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Abbot \Ab"bot\, n. [AS. abbod, abbad, L. abbas, abbatis, Gr. 'abba^s, fr. Syriac abb[be] father. Cf. {Abba}, {Abb[82]}.] 1. The superior or head of an abbey. 2. One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. --Encyc. Brit. {Abbot of the people}. a title formerly given to one of the chief magistrates in Genoa. {Abbot of Misrule} (or {Lord of Misrule}), in medi[91]val times, the master of revels, as at Christmas; in Scotland called the {Abbot of Unreason}. --Encyc. Brit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ascendant \As*cend"ant\, n. [F. ascendant, L. ascendens; p. pr. of ascendere.] 1. Ascent; height; elevation. [R.] Sciences that were then in their highest ascendant. --Temple. 2. (Astrol.) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune. Note: Hence the phrases {To be in the ascendant}, to have commanding power or influence, and {Lord of the ascendant}, one who has possession of such power or influence; as, to rule, for a while, lord of the ascendant. --Burke. 3. Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another. Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent. --Robertson. 4. An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to {descendant}. --Ayliffe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Paramount \Par"a*mount\, a. [OF. par amont above; par through, by (L. per) + amont above. See {Amount}.] Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; pre[89]minent; as, a paramount duty. [bd]A traitor paramount.[b8] --Bacon. {Lady paramount} (Archery), the lady making the best score. {Lord paramount}, the king. Syn: Syn. Superior; principal; pre[89]minent; chief. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lord \Lord\, n. [OE. lord, laverd, loverd, AS. hl[be]ford, for hl[be]fweard, i. e., bread keeper; hl[be]f bread, loaf + weardian to look after, to take care of, to ward. See {Loaf}, and {Ward} to guard, and cf. {Laird}, {Lady}.] 1. One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor. But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion. --Shak. Man over men He made not lord. --Milton. 2. A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank. [Eng.] 3. A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc. [Eng.] 4. A husband. [bd]My lord being old also.[b8] --Gen. xviii. 12. Thou worthy lord Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee. --Shak. 5. (Feudal Law) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor. 6. The Supreme Being; Jehovah. Note: When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in small capitals, it is usually equivalent to Jehovah, and might, with more propriety, be so rendered. 7. The Savior; Jesus Christ. {House of Lords}, one of the constituent parts of the British Parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal. {Lord high chancellor}, {Lord high constable}, etc. See {Chancellor}, {Constable}, etc. {Lord justice clerk}, the second in rank of the two highest judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. {Lord justice general}, [or] {Lord president}, the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. {Lord keeper}, an ancient officer of the English crown, who had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority to affix it to public documents. The office is now merged in that of the chancellor. {Lord lieutenant}, a representative of British royalty: the {lord lieutenant of Ireland} being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the {lord lieutenant of a county} being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county. {Lord of misrule}, the master of the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house. --Eng. Cyc. {Lords spiritual}, the archbishops and bishops who have seats in the House of Lords. {Lords temporal}, the peers of England; also, sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and twenty-eight representatives of the Irish peerage. {Our lord}, Jesus Christ; the Savior. {The Lord's Day}, Sunday; the Christian Sabbath, on which the Lord Jesus rose from the dead. {The Lord's Prayer}, the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples. --Matt. vi. 9-13. {The Lord's Supper}. (a) The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus the night before his crucifixion. (b) The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy communion. {The Lord's Table}. (a) The altar or table from which the sacrament is dispensed. (b) The sacrament itself. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Protector \Pro*tect"or\, n. [L.: cf. F. protecteur.] 1. One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron. For the world's protector shall be known. --Waller. 2. (Eng. Hist.) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent. Is it concluded he shall be protector ! --Shak. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc. {Lord Protector} (Eng. Hist.), the title of Oliver Cromwell as supreme governor of the British Commonwealth (1653-1658). |