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DREADLESSNESS n.
Freedom from dread.
DREAMLESS a.
Free from, or without, dreams. Camden. -- Dream"less*ly, adv.
DRIFTLESS a.
Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
DRINKLESS a.
Destitute of drink. Chaucer.
DROSSLESS a.
Free from dross. Stevens.
DUCTLESS a.
Having to duct or outlet; as, a ductless gland.
DURELESS a.
Not lasting. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
DUSTLESS a.
Without dust; as a dustless path.
EAGLESS n.
A female or hen eagle. [R.] Sherwood.
EAGLESTONE n.
A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aëtites.
EARLES PENNY n.
Earnest money. Same as Arles penny. [Obs.]
EARLESS a.
Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear. Pope.
EASELESS a.
Without ease. Donne.
ECCLESIA n. 2 definitions
The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
ECCLESIAL a.
Ecclesiastical. [Obs.] Milton.
ECCLESIARCH n.
An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.
ECCLESIAST n. 2 definitions
An ecclesiastic. Chaucer.
ECCLESIASTES n.
One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.
ECCLESIASTIC a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. "Ecclesiastic government." Swift.
ECCLESIASTICAL a.
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 Parliamen…
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