ABBESS
AB'BESS, noun [from abba.]A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the Monks. [See Abbey.]
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ABBEY
AB'BEY, nounplural abbeys, [from abba.]A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion. The males are called monks, and governed...
ABBEY-LUBBER
AB'BEY-LUBBER, noun A name given to monks, in contempt for their idleness.
ABBOT
AB'BOT, noun [formerly abbat, from abba, latinized abbas, or from Heb. plural.]The superior or governor of an abbey or monastery. Originally monasteries were founded in retired ...
ABBOTSHIP
AB'BOTSHIP, noun The state of an abbot.
ABBREUVOIR
ABBREUVOIR, noun [Fr. from abreuver, to water.]Among masons, the joint between stones in a wall, to be filled with mortar. [I know not whether it is now used.]
ABBREVIATE
ABBRE'VIATE, verb transitive [from Latin abbrevio, brevio, from brevis, short]1. To shorten; to make shorter by contracting the parts. [In this sense, not much used, nor often a...
ABBREVIATED
ABBRE'VIATED, participle passive1. Shortened; reduced in length; abridged.2. In botany an abbreviated perianth is shorter than the rube of the corol.
ABBREVIATING
ABBRE'VIATING, participle present tense Shortening; contracting in length or into a smaller compass.
ABBREVIATION
ABBREVIA'TION, noun1. The act of shortening or contracting.2. A letter or a few letters used for a word; as Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.3. The reductio...
ABBREVIATOR
ABBRE'VIATOR, noun One who abridges or reduces to a smaller compass.
ABBREVIATORS
ABBRE'VIATORS, a college of seventy-two persons in the chancery of Rome, whose duty is to draw up the Pope's briefs, and reduce petitions, when granted, to a due form for bulls.
ABBREVIATORY
ABBRE'VIATORY, noun Shortening, contracting.
ABBREVIATURE
ABBRE'VIATURE, noun A letter or character for shortening; an abridgment, a compend.
ABDALS
AB'DALS, noun The name of certain fanatics in Persia, who, in excess of zeal, sometimes run into the streets, and attempt to kill all they meet who are of a different religion; ...
ABDERITE
AB'DERITE, noun An inhabitant of Abdera, a maritime town in Thrace. Democritus is so called, from being a native of the place. As he was given to laughter, foolish or incessant ...
ABDICANT
AB'DICANT, adjective [See Abdicate.] Abdicating; renouncing.
ABDICATE
AB'DICATE, verb transitive [Latin abdica; ab and dico, to dedicate, to bestow, but the literal primary sense of dico is to send or thrust.]1. In a general sense, to relinquish, ...
ABDICATED
AB'DICATED, participle passive Renounced; relinquished without a formal resignation; abandoned.
ABDICATING
AB'DICATING, participle present tense Relinquishing without a formal resignation; abandoning.
ABDICATION
ABDICA'TION, noun1. The act of abdicating; the abandoning of an office or trust, without a formal surrender, or before the usual or stated time of expiration.2. A casting off; r...
ABDICATIVE
AB'DICATIVE, adjective Causing or implying abdication. [Little used.]
ABDITIVE
AB'DITIVE, adjective [Latin abdo, to hide; ab and do.] Having the power or quality of hiding. [Little used.]
ABDITORY
AB'DITORY, noun A place for secreting or preserving goods.
ABDOMEN
AB'DOMEN, or ABDO'MEN, noun [Latin perhaps abdo and omentum.]1. The lower belly or that part of the body which lies between the thorax and the bottom of the pelvis. It is lined ...
ABDOMINAL
ABDOM'INAL, adjective Pertaining to the lower belly.ABDOM'INAL, nounplural abdominals. In ichthyology the abdominals are a class of fish whose ventral fins are placed behind the...
ABDOMINOUS
ABDOM'INOUS, adjective Pertaining to the abdomen; having a large belly.