Cenobitism
Cen″o‐bi‐tism (?), n. The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite. Milman.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Cenogamy
Ce‐nog″a‐my (sē̍‐nŏg″ȧ‐my̆), n. [Gr. κοινόσ common + γάμοσ marriage.] The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain soci...
Cenotaph
Cen″o‐taph (sē̍n″ō̍‐tȧf), n. [Gr. κενοτάφιον; κενόσ empty + τάφοσ burial, tomb: cf. F. cénotaphe.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhe...
Cenotaphy
Cen″o‐taph′y (?), n. A cenotaph.Lord Cobham honored him with a cenotaphy.Macaulay.
Cenozoic
Ce′no‐zo″ic (?), a.(Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also ...
Cense
Cense (?), n. [OF. cense, F. cens, L. census. See Census.] 1. A census; — also, a public rate or tax. Howell. Bacon.2. Condition; rank. B. Jonson.
Cense (2)
Cense, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Censed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Censing.] [Abbrev. from incense.] To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices.The Salii sing and cense his altars rou...
Cense (3)
Cense, v. i. To burn or scatter incense.
Censer
Cen″ser (?), n. [For incenser, fr. OF. encensier, F. encensoir, fr. LL. incensarium, incensorium, fr. L. incensum incense. See Incense, and cf. Incensory.] A vessel for perfumes...
Censor
Cen″sor (?), n. [L. censor, fr. censere to value, tax.] 1. (Antiq.) One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exerc...
Censorial
Cen‐so″ri‐al (?), a. 1. Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals. Junius.2. Full of censure; censorious.The censorial declamation of Juvenal.T. Warton.
Censorian
Cen‐so″ri‐an (?), a. Censorial. Bacon.
Censorious
Cen‐so″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. censorius pertaining to the censor. See Censor.] 1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writi...
Censorship
Cen″sor‐ship (?), n. The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship. Holland.The press was not indeed at that moment under a general censorship.Macaulay.
Censual
Cen″su‐al (?), a. [L. censualis, fr. census.] Relating to, or containing, a census.He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll.Sir R. Baker.
Censurable
Cen″sur‐a‐ble (?), a. Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.— Cen″sur‐a‐bleness, n. — Cen″sur‐a‐bly, adv.
Censure
Cen″sure (?), n. [L. censura fr. censere: cf. F. censure. Cf. Censor.] 1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.Sha...
Censure (2)
Cen″sure, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Censured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Censuring.] [Cf. F. ensurer.] 1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. “Should I say more,...
Censure (3)
Cen″sure, v. i. To judge. Shak.
Censurer
Cen″sur‐er (?), n. One who censures. Sha.
Census
Cen″sus (?), n. [L. census, fr. censere. See Censor.] 1. (Bot. Antiq.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; — usual...
Cent
Cent (?), n. [F. cent hundred, L. centum. See Hundred.] 1. A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.2. A United States coin, the hundredth part of a...
Centage
Cent″age (?), n. Rate by the hundred; percentage.
Cental
Cen″tal (?), n. [L. centum a hundred.] A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; — called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight.
Cental (2)
Cen″tal, n. Relating to a hundred.Cental system, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight.
Centare
Cen″tare′ (?), n. [F. centiare; centi- (L. centum) + -are.] A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1⅕ square yards.
Centaur
Cen″taur (sĕn″ta̤r), n. [L. centaurus, Gr. Κένταυροσ.]1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.2. (Astron.) A constellation in the southern hea...