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Addiction
Addiction Ad*dic"tion, n. [Cf. L. addictio an adjudging.]
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. ``His
addiction was to courses vain.' --Shak.
Benedictional
Benedictional Ben`e*dic"tion*al, n.
A book of benedictions.
Contentious jurisdictionContentious Con*ten"tious, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F.
contentieux.]
1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking
dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
Despotic and contentious temper. --Macaulay.
2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or
characterized by contention. --Spenser.
More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions.
--Brougham.
3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to
decide controversy.
Contentious jurisdiction (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction
over matters in controversy between parties, in
contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that
exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted.
Syn: Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling;
litigious; perverse; peevish. -- Con*ten"tious*ly,
adv. -- Con*ten"tious*ness, n. ContradictionContradiction Con`tra*dic"tion, n. [L. contradictio answer,
objection: cf. F. contradiction.]
1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or
affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion;
contrary declaration; gainsaying.
His fair demands Shall be accomplished without
contradiction. --Shak.
2. Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency;
incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is
inconsistent.
can be make deathless death? That were to make
Strange contradiction. --Milton.
We state our experience and then we come to a manly
resolution of acting in contradiction to it.
--Burke.
Both parts of a contradiction can not possibly be
true. --Hobbes.
Of contradictions infinite the slave. --Wordsworth.
Principle of contradiction (Logic), the axiom or law of
thought that a thing cannot be and not be at the same
time, or a thing must either be or not be, or the same
attribute can not at the same time be affirmed and and
denied of the same subject.
Note: It develops itself in three specific forms which have
been called the ``Three Logical Axioms.' First, ``A is
A.' Second, ``A is not Not-A' Third, ``Everything is
either A or Not-A.' Contradictional
Contradictional Con`tra*dic"tion*al, a.
Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing. [R.] --Milton.
ContradictionsContradictions Con`tra*dic"tions, a.
1. Filled with contradictions; inconsistent. [Obs.]
2. Inclined to contradict or cavil [Obs.] --Sharp. --
Con`tra*dic"tious*ness, n. --Norris. Cycle of indiction Cycle of indiction, a period of 15 years, employed in Roman
and ecclesiastical chronology, not founded on any
astronomical period, but having reference to certain
judicial acts which took place at stated epochs under the
Greek emperors.
Cycle of the moon, or Metonic cycle, a period of 19
years, after the lapse of which the new and full moon
returns to the same day of the year; -- so called from
Meton, who first proposed it.
Cycle of the sun, Solar cycle, a period of 28 years, at
the end of which time the days of the month return to the
same days of the week. The dominical or Sunday letter
follows the same order; hence the solar cycle is also
called the cycle of the Sunday letter. In the Gregorian
calendar the solar cycle is in general interrupted at the
end of the century. Dictionalrian
Dictionalrian Dic`tion*al"ri*an, n.
A lexicographer. [R.]
DictionariesDictionary Dic"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. Dictionaries. [Cf. F.
dictionnaire. See Diction.]
1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged
alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a
lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook.
I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and
noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or
illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time
the materials of a dictionary. --Johnson.
2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system
or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a
dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical
dictionary. DictionaryDictionary Dic"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. Dictionaries. [Cf. F.
dictionnaire. See Diction.]
1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged
alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a
lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook.
I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and
noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or
illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time
the materials of a dictionary. --Johnson.
2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system
or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a
dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical
dictionary. ExtradictionaryExtradictionary Ex`tra*dic"tion*a*ry, a. [Pref. extra- + L.
dictio a saying. See Diction.]
Consisting not in words, but in realities. [Obs.]
Of these extradictionary and real fallacies, Aristotle
and logicians make in number six. --Sir T.
Browne. IndictionIndiction In*dic"tion, n. [L. indictio: cf. F. indiction. See
Indict, Indite.]
1. Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment.
[Obs.] ``Indiction of a war.' --Bacon.
Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the
indiction of, synods of bishops. --Jer. Taylor.
2. A cycle of fifteen years.
Note: This mode of reckoning time is said to have been
introduced by Constantine the Great, in connection with
the payment of tribute. It was adopted at various times
by the Greek emperors of Constantinople, the popes, and
the parliaments of France. Through the influence of the
popes, it was extensively used in the ecclesiastical
chronology of the Middle Ages. The number of indictions
was reckoned at first from 312 a. d., but since the
twelfth century it has been reckoned from the birth of
Christ. The papal indiction is the only one ever used
at the present day. To find the indiction and year of
the indiction by the first method, subtract 312 from
the given year a. d., and divide by 15; by the second
method, add 3 to the given year a. d., and the divide
by 15. In either case, the quotient is the number of
the current indiction, and the remainder the year of
the indiction. See Cycle of indiction, under Cycle. Interdiction
Interdiction In`ter*dic"tion, n. [L. interdictio: cf. F.
interdiction.]
The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree;
curse; interdict.
The truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction
stands accurst. --Shak.
Jurisdictional
Jurisdictional Ju`ris*dic"tion*al, a. [Cf. LL.
jurisdictionalis, F. juridictionnel.]
Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.
--Barrow.
Predictional
Predictional Pre*dic"tion*al, a.
Prophetic; prognostic. [R.]
Principle of contradictionContradiction Con`tra*dic"tion, n. [L. contradictio answer,
objection: cf. F. contradiction.]
1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or
affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion;
contrary declaration; gainsaying.
His fair demands Shall be accomplished without
contradiction. --Shak.
2. Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency;
incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is
inconsistent.
can be make deathless death? That were to make
Strange contradiction. --Milton.
We state our experience and then we come to a manly
resolution of acting in contradiction to it.
--Burke.
Both parts of a contradiction can not possibly be
true. --Hobbes.
Of contradictions infinite the slave. --Wordsworth.
Principle of contradiction (Logic), the axiom or law of
thought that a thing cannot be and not be at the same
time, or a thing must either be or not be, or the same
attribute can not at the same time be affirmed and and
denied of the same subject.
Note: It develops itself in three specific forms which have
been called the ``Three Logical Axioms.' First, ``A is
A.' Second, ``A is not Not-A' Third, ``Everything is
either A or Not-A.' ValedictionValediction Val`e*dic"tion, n. [L., valedicere, valedictum, to
say farewell; vale farewell (imperative of valere to be
strong or well) + dicere to say. See Valiant, Diction.]
A farewell; a bidding farewell. --Donne.
Meaning of Diction from wikipedia
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Diction (Latin:
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