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Relating to chironomy.

Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous.

and earl marshal of England as judges, having cognizance of contracts and other matters relating to deeds of arms and war. Blackstone.

Relating to, or resulting from, or resembling, cholera.

The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.

d from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin.

Relating to color, or to colors.

Relating to time; according to time.

Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables. Raleigh. -- Chron`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the underworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form than that of the Olympian gods. The characteristics of chthonian worship are propitiatory and magical rites and generalized or euphemistic n…

Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms. [Colloq.]

Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; -- said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.

Relating to, or having the character of, a cicatrix. Dunglison.

erson to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit. Circulating pump. See under Pump.

Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.

Promoting circulation; circulating. [R.] Coleridge.

Circulating, or going round. T. Warton.

A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about.

Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous.

Incidental; relating to, but not essential. We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship . . . and what is merely circumstantial. Sharp.