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t. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.

Antidotal. -- n. Antidote; also, a book of antidotes.

A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise.

Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Hom…

A book of antiphons or anthems.

A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

A book of antiphons. Chaucer.

in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style. The method of the book is aphoristic. De Quincey.

oman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery. H. Rogers.

o St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

e party to which one has previously adhered. He apostatized from his old faith in facts, took to believing in Carlyle.

sterial authority by a succession of bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period. Hook.

thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."

on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale.

To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Matt. vi. 16.

Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien. And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance answer loud report. Milton.

Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.

r by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5.

od may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. Hooker.