No result for Sonian. Showing similar results...
Ausonian
Ausonian Au*so"ni*an, a. [L. Ausonia, poetic name for Italy.]
Italian. --Milton.
Hutchunsonian
Hutchunsonian Hutch`un*so"ni*an, n.
A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who
believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete
system of natural science and of theology.
Jeffersonian
Jeffersonian Jef`fer*so"ni*an, a.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson or his
policy or political doctrines. --Lowell.
JeffersonianJeffersonian Jef`fer*so"ni*an, a.
Pert. to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson (third
President of the United States) or his political doctrines,
which were those of the Republicanism of his time, as opposed
to those of the Federalists. -- n. An adherent of Jefferson
or his doctrines. -- Jef`fer*so"ni*an*ism, n. Jeffersonian simplicity
Jeffersonian simplicity Jeffersonian simplicity
The absence of pomp or display which Jefferson aimed at in
his administration as President (1801-1809), eschewing
display or ceremony tending to distinguish the President from
the people, as in going to the capital on horseback and with
no escort, the abolition of court etiquette and the weekly
levee, refusal to recognize titles of honor, etc.
JeffersonianismJeffersonian Jef`fer*so"ni*an, a.
Pert. to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson (third
President of the United States) or his political doctrines,
which were those of the Republicanism of his time, as opposed
to those of the Federalists. -- n. An adherent of Jefferson
or his doctrines. -- Jef`fer*so"ni*an*ism, n. Johnsonian
Johnsonian John*so"ni*an, a.
Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style;
pompous; inflated.
JohnsonianismJohnsonianism John*so"ni*an*ism, n.
A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or
characteristic of, Dr. Johnson. [Written also Johnsonism.] MorisoniansEvangelical E`van*gel"ic*al, a.
1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the
evangelical history.
2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in,
the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as,
evangelical religion.
3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in
interpreting Christian doctrine; pre["e]minetly orthodox;
-- technically applied to that party in the Church of
England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which
holds the doctrine of ``Justification by Faith alone';
the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other
religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.
Evangelical Alliance, an alliance for mutual strengthening
and common work, comprising Christians of different
denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool,
England, in 1845.
Evangelical Church.
(a) The Protestant Church in Germany.
(b) A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and
Calvinists in Germany in 1817.
Evangelical Union, a religion sect founded in Scotland in
1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also
Morisonians. Smithsonian
Smithsonian Smith*so"ni*an (-s[=o]"n[i^]*an), a.
Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to
the national institution of learning which he endowed at
Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution;
Smithsonian Reports. -- n. The Smithsonian Institution.
Tennysonian
Tennysonian Ten`ny*so"ni*an, a.
Of or pertaining to Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, the English poet
(1809-92); resembling, or having some of the characteristics
of, his poetry, as simplicity, pictorial quality,
sensuousness, etc.
Thomsonian
Thomsonian Thom*so"ni*an, a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to Thomsonianism. -- n. A believer in
Thomsonianism; one who practices Thomsonianism.
Thomsonianism
Thomsonianism Thom*so"ni*an*ism, n. (Med.)
An empirical system which assumes that the human body is
composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and
that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the
founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.
Meaning of Sonian from wikipedia
- The
Sonian Forest or
Sonian Wood (Dutch: Zoniënwoud, French: Forêt de Soignes,
pronounced [fɔ.ʁɛ d(ə) swaɲ]) is a 4,421-hectare (10,920-acre)
forest at...
-
covers an area of 1.23 km2 (0.47 sq mi),
forming a
natural offshoot of the
Sonian Forest,
which penetrates deep into the city in the south-east of Brussels...
- 1102
designating a
small hamlet at the
limit of what is
today known as the
Sonian Forest,
along a
major road
linking Brussels,
Genappe and a coal mine to...
- journey,
doubtless undertaken in the
interests of his monastery. In the
Sonian Forest the
saint and his
companions fell into a trap set by
bandits who...
- old-growth
stand of
beech trees (****us sylvatica)
prepared to be
regenerated by
their saplings in the understory, in the
Brussels part of the
Sonian Forest....
- to as the
School of
Painters of the
Sonian Forest who all
shared an
interest in
depicting scenes set in the
Sonian Forest,
which is
located near Brussels...
- The
Sonian Forest...
- The
total area is 12.97 km2 (5.01 sq mi) of
which 58% is
covered by the
Sonian Forest,
which gives a po****tion
density of 1,942/km2 (5,030/sq mi), four...
-
wealthier inhabitants.
Lying beyond Forest and
Ixelles and
skirting the
Sonian Forest,
Uccle is Brussel's
largest and
southernmost muni****lity. Large...
- part of the region,
along the
Woluwe valley and at the
entrance to the
Sonian Forest, it is
bordered by Etterb****, Ixelles, Watermael-Boitsfort, and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre...
