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EcclesiaEcclesia Ec*cle"si*a, n.; pl. Ecclesi[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) The public legislative assembly of the
Athenians.
2. (Eccl.) A church, either as a body or as a building. EcclesiaeEcclesia Ec*cle"si*a, n.; pl. Ecclesi[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) The public legislative assembly of the
Athenians.
2. (Eccl.) A church, either as a body or as a building. Ecclesial
Ecclesial Ec*cle"si*al, a.
Ecclesiastical. [Obs.] --Milton.
Ecclesiast
Ecclesiast Ec*cle"si*ast, n.
1. An ecclesiastic. --Chaucer.
2. The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. [Obs.]
EcclesiastesEcclesiastes Ec*cle`si*as"tes, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a preacher.
See Ecclesiastic, a.]
One of the canonical books of the Old Testament. EcclesiasticEcclesiastic Ec*cle`si*as"tic (?; 277), a. [L. ecclesiasticus,
Gr. ?, fr. ? an assembly of citizens called out by the crier;
also, the church, fr. ? called out, fr. ? to call out; ? out
+ ? to call. See Ex-, and Hale, v. t., Haul.]
Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.
``Ecclesiastic government.' --Swift. Ecclesiastic
Ecclesiastic Ec*cle`si*as"tic, n.
A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the
church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.
From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently
preferred to the highest dignities of the church.
--Prescott.
EcclesiasticalEcclesiastical Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al, a. [See Ecclesiastical,
a.]
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization
or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical
affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
discipline was an abomination. --Cowper.
Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent
commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider
and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.
Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the
discipline of the Established Church; -- called also
Christian courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as
administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the
scales anciently used.
Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to
the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also
States of the Church. Ecclesiastical commissioners for EnglandEcclesiastical Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al, a. [See Ecclesiastical,
a.]
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization
or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical
affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
discipline was an abomination. --Cowper.
Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent
commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider
and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.
Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the
discipline of the Established Church; -- called also
Christian courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as
administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the
scales anciently used.
Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to
the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also
States of the Church. Ecclesiastical courtsEcclesiastical Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al, a. [See Ecclesiastical,
a.]
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization
or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical
affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
discipline was an abomination. --Cowper.
Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent
commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider
and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.
Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the
discipline of the Established Church; -- called also
Christian courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as
administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the
scales anciently used.
Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to
the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also
States of the Church. Ecclesiastical lawEcclesiastical Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al, a. [See Ecclesiastical,
a.]
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization
or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical
affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
discipline was an abomination. --Cowper.
Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent
commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider
and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.
Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the
discipline of the Established Church; -- called also
Christian courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as
administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the
scales anciently used.
Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to
the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also
States of the Church. Ecclesiastical modesEcclesiastical Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al, a. [See Ecclesiastical,
a.]
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization
or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical
affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
discipline was an abomination. --Cowper.
Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent
commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider
and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.
Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the
discipline of the Established Church; -- called also
Christian courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as
administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the
scales anciently used.
Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to
the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also
States of the Church. Ecclesiastical StatesEcclesiastical Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al, a. [See Ecclesiastical,
a.]
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization
or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical
affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
discipline was an abomination. --Cowper.
Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent
commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider
and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.
Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the
discipline of the Established Church; -- called also
Christian courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as
administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.]
Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the
scales anciently used.
Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to
the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also
States of the Church. Ecclesiastically
Ecclesiastically Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al*ly, adv.
In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.
Ecclesiasticism
Ecclesiasticism Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cism, n.
Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.
Ecclesiasticus
Ecclesiasticus Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cus, n. [L.]
A book of the Apocrypha.
HalesiaHalesia Ha*le"si*a, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called
snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy,
white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels. Halesia tetrapteraSilver Sil"ver, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. ``Silver hair.' --Shak.
Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their
downy breast. --Milton.
(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. ``Silver
voices.' --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. ``Silver slumber.'
--Spenser.
American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
Balsam.
Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.
Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
(Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.
Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant (Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.
Silver chub (Zo["o]l.), the fallfish.
Silver eel. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A pale variety of the common eel.
Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata)
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.
Silver foil, foil made of silver.
Silver fox (Zo["o]l.), a variety of the common fox (Vulpes
vulpes, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts
of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black,
with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also
black fox, and silver-gray fox.
Silver gar. (Zo["o]l.) See Billfish
(a) .
Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.
Silver grebe (Zo["o]l.), the red-throated diver. See
Illust. under Diver.
Silver hake (Zo["o]l.), the American whiting.
Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.
Silver lunge (Zo["o]l.), the namaycush.
Silver moonfish.(Zo["o]l.) See Moonfish
(b) .
Silver moth (Zo["o]l.), a lepisma.
Silver owl (Zo["o]l.), the barn owl.
Silver perch (Zo["o]l.), the mademoiselle, 2.
Silver pheasant (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
species (E. nychtemerus) is native of China.
Silver plate, domestic utensils made of silver. Megalesian
Megalesian Meg`a*le"sian, a. [L. Megalesius, fr. Gr. Mega`lh
the Great, a surname of Cybele, the Magna Mater.]
Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian
games at Rome.
Milesian
Milesian Mi*le"sian, a. [L. Milesius, Gr. ?.]
1. (Anc. Geog.) Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia
Minor, or to its inhabitants.
2. (Irish Legendary Hist.) Descended from King Milesius of
Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland
about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King
Milesius; hence, Irish.
Milesian
Milesian Mi*le"sian, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Miletus.
2. A native or inhabitant of Ireland.
RafflesiaRafflesia Raf*fle"si*a, n. [NL. Named from its discoverer, Sir
S. Raffle?.] (Bot.)
A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically
upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The
flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one
species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or
three feet. Rafflesia ArnoldiRafflesia Raf*fle"si*a, n. [NL. Named from its discoverer, Sir
S. Raffle?.] (Bot.)
A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically
upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The
flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one
species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or
three feet. Silesia
Silesia Si*le"si*a, n.
1. A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a
province of Prussia.
2. A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.
Silesian
Silesian Si*le"si*an, a.
Of or pertaining to Silesia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of
Silesia.
Meaning of Lesia from wikipedia
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Lesia is a
feminine given name.
Notable people with the name include:
Lesia Dychko (born 1939),
Ukrainian music educator and
composer Lesia Liss (born...
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Solar Observatory Tower Meudon Chateau de
Meudon LESIA space and
astrophysics instrumentation research laboratory After the Second...
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Lesia Ivanivna Nikitiuk (Ukrainian: Нікітюк Леся Іванівна; born 19
October 1987) is a
Ukrainian TV presenter.
Nikitiuk was born in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine...
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Online accepted two species:
Lesia savannarum (C.V.Morton) J.L.Clark & J.F.Sm.
Lesia tepuiensis G.E.Ferreira &
Chautems "
Lesia J.L.Clark & J.F.Sm.", Plants...
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Lesia Vasylivna Dychko (Ukrainian: Леся Василівна Дичко),
originally Liudmyla Vasylivna Dychko (born 24
October 1939) is a
Ukrainian composer and music...
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Lesia Valadzenkava or
Volodenkova (born 1 May 1991) is a
Belarusian ice dancer. With
partner Vitali Vakunov, she is a two-time
Belarusian national champion...
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Lesia Volodymyrivna Vasylenko (Ukrainian: Леся Володимирівна Василенко; born
March 31, 1987) is a
Ukrainian lawyer and
politician serving as a People's...
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Lesia Liss (born
August 11, 1966, née Batschynsky) is an
American politician from the
state of Michigan. In 2008, she was
elected as a
Democrat to the...
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Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko (Ukrainian: Леся Вікторівна Цуренко; born 30 May 1989) is a
Ukrainian professional tennis player.
Tsurenko has won four singles...
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Lesya Ukrainka (Ukrainian: Леся Українка, romanized:
Lesia Ukrainka,
pronounced [ˈlɛsʲɐ ʊkrɐˈjinkɐ]; born
Larysa Petrivna Kosach, Ukrainian: Лариса Петрівна...
