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Acharnement
Acharnement A*char"ne*ment, n. [F.]
Savage fierceness; ferocity.
AlinementAlinement A*line"ment, n.
Same as Alignment.
Note: [The Eng. form alinement is preferable to alignment, a
bad spelling of the French]. --New Eng. Dict. (Murray). AtonementAtonement A*tone"ment, n.
Day of Atonement (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the
Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh
month (Tisri), according to the rites described in
Leviticus xvi. Atrium A"tri*um, n. (Anat.)
A cavity, entrance, or passage; as, the atrium, or atrial
cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the
infundibula of the lungs, etc. Atonement
Atonement A*tone"ment, n.
1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration
of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic]
By whom we have now received the atonement. --Rom.
v. 11.
He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of
Gloucester and your brothers. --Shak.
2. Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent
for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be
received in satisfaction for an offense or injury;
expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology:
The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal
suffering, and death of Christ.
When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best
atonement be can make for it is, to warn others.
--Spectator.
The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that
they were thought to have made a sufficient
atonement for their former offense. --Potter.
Confinement
Confinement Con*fine"ment, n.
1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of
liberty; seclusion.
The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself
under confinement when the sight is pent up.
--Addison.
2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by
childbirth; lying-in.
Contenement
Contenement Con*ten"e*ment (k[o^]n*t[e^]n"[-e]*ment), n.
[Pref. con- + tenement.] (Law)
That which is held together with another thing; that which is
connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain
quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the
reputable enjoyment of the dwelling; appurtenance. --Burrill.
Day of AtonementAtonement A*tone"ment, n.
Day of Atonement (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the
Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh
month (Tisri), according to the rites described in
Leviticus xvi. Atrium A"tri*um, n. (Anat.)
A cavity, entrance, or passage; as, the atrium, or atrial
cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the
infundibula of the lungs, etc. Definement
Definement De*fine"ment, n.
The act of defining; definition; description. [Obs.] --Shak.
Divinement
Divinement Di*vine"ment, n.
Divination. [Obs.]
Enthronement
Enthronement En*throne"ment, n.
The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned. [Recent]
Entwinement
Entwinement En*twine"ment, n.
A twining or twisting together or round; union. --Bp. Hacket.
free or frank tenementsTenement Ten"e*ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F.
t[`e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See
Tenant.]
1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service;
property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in
consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief;
fee.
2. (Common Law) Any species of permanent property that may be
held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents,
commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of
common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also free or
frank tenements.
The thing held is a tenement, the possessor of it a
``tenant,' and the manner of possession is called
``tenure.' --Blackstone.
3. A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an
apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one
family; often, a house erected to be rented.
4. Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.
Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit
no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of
frontispiece? --Locke.
Tenement house, commonly, a dwelling house erected for the
purpose of being rented, and divided into separate
apartments or tenements for families. The term is often
applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families.
Syn: House; dwelling; habitation.
Usage: Tenement, House. There may be many houses under
one roof, but they are completely separated from each
other by party walls. A tenement may be detached by
itself, or it may be part of a house divided off for
the use of a family. Intwinement
Intwinement In*twine"ment, n.
The act of twinning, or the state of being intwined.
Oinement
Oinement Oi"ne*ment, n.
Ointment. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Onement
Onement One"ment, n.
The state of being at one or reconciled. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Overrefinement
Overrefinement O"ver*re*fine"ment, n.
Excessive refinement.
Postponement
Postponement Post*pone"ment, n.
The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a
future time; a temporary delay. --Macaulay.
Reenthronement
Reenthronement Re`["e]n*throne"ment (-ment), n.
A second enthroning.
Refinement
Refinement Re*fine"ment (r?*f?n"ment), n. [Cf. F.
raffinement.]
1. The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as,
the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.
The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and
refinement, the more diffusive are they. --Norris.
From the civil war to this time, I doubt whether the
corruptions in our language have not equaled its
refinements. --Swift.
2. That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess;
an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic. ``The
refinements of irregular cunning.' --Rogers.
Syn: Purification; polish; politeness; gentility; elegance;
cultivation; civilization.
Servient tenementServient Serv"i*ent, a. [L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. See
Serve.]
Subordinate. [Obs. except in law.] --Dyer.
Servient tenement or estate (Law), that on which the
burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf.
Dominant estate, under Dominant. --Gale & Whately. TenementTenement Ten"e*ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F.
t[`e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See
Tenant.]
1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service;
property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in
consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief;
fee.
2. (Common Law) Any species of permanent property that may be
held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents,
commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of
common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also free or
frank tenements.
The thing held is a tenement, the possessor of it a
``tenant,' and the manner of possession is called
``tenure.' --Blackstone.
3. A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an
apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one
family; often, a house erected to be rented.
4. Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.
Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit
no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of
frontispiece? --Locke.
Tenement house, commonly, a dwelling house erected for the
purpose of being rented, and divided into separate
apartments or tenements for families. The term is often
applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families.
Syn: House; dwelling; habitation.
Usage: Tenement, House. There may be many houses under
one roof, but they are completely separated from each
other by party walls. A tenement may be detached by
itself, or it may be part of a house divided off for
the use of a family. Tenement houseTenement Ten"e*ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F.
t[`e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See
Tenant.]
1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service;
property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in
consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief;
fee.
2. (Common Law) Any species of permanent property that may be
held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents,
commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of
common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also free or
frank tenements.
The thing held is a tenement, the possessor of it a
``tenant,' and the manner of possession is called
``tenure.' --Blackstone.
3. A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an
apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one
family; often, a house erected to be rented.
4. Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.
Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit
no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of
frontispiece? --Locke.
Tenement house, commonly, a dwelling house erected for the
purpose of being rented, and divided into separate
apartments or tenements for families. The term is often
applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families.
Syn: House; dwelling; habitation.
Usage: Tenement, House. There may be many houses under
one roof, but they are completely separated from each
other by party walls. A tenement may be detached by
itself, or it may be part of a house divided off for
the use of a family. Tenemental
Tenemental Ten`e*men"tal, a.
Of or pertaining to a tenement; capable of being held by
tenants. --Blackstone.
Tenementary
Tenementary Ten`e*men"ta*ry, a.
Capable of being leased; held by tenants. --Spelman.
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