CELEBRATION
CELEBRATION, noun1. Solemn performance; a distinguishing by solemn rites; as the celebration of a marriage, or of a religious festival.2. A distinguishing by ceremonies, or by m...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CELEBRATOR
CELEBRATOR, noun One who celebrates.
CELEBRIOUS
CELEBRIOUS, adjective Famous; renowned.
CELEBRIOUSLY
CELEBRIOUSLY, adverb With praise or renown.
CELEBRIOUSNESS
CELEBRIOUSNESS, noun Fame; renown.
CELEBRITY
CELEBRITY, noun1. Fame; renown; the distinction or honor publicly bestowed on a nation or person, on character or exploits; the distinction bestowed on whatever is great or rema...
CELERI
CELERI. [See Celery.]
CELERITY
CELERITY, noun1. Rapidity in motion; swiftness; speed; applied most generally to bodies moving on or near the earth; as the celerity of horse or of a fowl. We speak of the veloc...
CELERY
CELERY, noun A plant, a species of Apium cultivated for the table.
CELESTIAL
CELESTIAL, adjective1. Heavenly; belonging or relating to heaven; dwelling in heaven; as celestial spirits; celestial joys. Hence the word conveys the idea of superior excellenc...
CELESTIALLY
CELESTIALLY, adverb In a heavenly or transporting manner.
CELESTIFY
CELESTIFY, verb transitive To communicate something of a heavenly nature to any thing.
CELESTIN
CELESTIN,CELESTINE, noun In mineralogy, native sulphate of strontian, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color.
CELESTINE
CELESTINE, n. In mineralogy, native sulphate of strontian, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color.
CELESTINS
CELESTINS, noun A religious order, so named from Pope Celestin. They have ninety-six convents in Italy, and twenty-one in France. They rise two hours after midnight to say matin...
CELIAC
CELIAC, adjective Pertaining to the lower belly, or intestines.
CELIBACY
CELIBACY, noun An unmarried state; a single life. It is most frequently if not always applied to males, or to a voluntary single life.They look on celibacy as an accursed state.
CELIBATE
CELIBATE, noun A single life; celibacy; chiefly used when speaking of the single life of the Popish clergy.
CELL
CELL, noun1. A small or close apartment, as in a prison, or a bath.2. A cottage; a cave; a small or mean place of residence.3. A small cavity or hollow place, variously applied;...
CELLAR
CELLAR, noun A room under a house or other building, used as a repository of liquors, provisions, and other stores for a family.
CELLARAGE
CELLARAGE, noun A case of cabinet work, for holding bottles of liquors.
CELLARER
CELLARIST, CELLARERnoun An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions; also, an officer in chapters, who has th...
CELLARIST
CELLARIST, CELLARER, noun An officer in a monastery who has the care of the cellar, or the charge of procuring and keeping the provisions; also, an officer in chapters, who has ...
CELLIFEROUS
CELLIFEROUS, adjective Bearing or producing cells.
CELLULAR
CELLULAR, adjective Consisting of cells, or containing cells.The cellular membrane, in animal bodies, is composed of an infinite number of minute cells, communicating with each ...
CELLULIFEROUS
CELLULIFEROUS, adjective Bearing or producing little cells.
CELSITUDE
CELSITUDE, noun Highth; elevation.