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The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke.

The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari.

The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism. [R.]

The philosophy of Descartes.

The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.

Quality or state of being catacrotic. -- Cat`a*di*crot"ic (#), a.

A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell.

sed by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of uniformism.

uced to the form of questions and answers. The Jews, even till this day, have their catechisms. Hooker. The Larger Catechism, The Shorter Catechism. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly.

Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechical.

The operation of introducing a catheter.

The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. Jer. Taylor.

The use or application of a caustic; cautery. Ferrand.

The practice or principles of cavaliers. Sir. W. Scott.

A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language. Warton.

The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite. Milman.

The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.

The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization.

Form or development of the skull; as, the races of man differ greatly in cephalism.

The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.