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An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.

treme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. Luke xxii. 44.

A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist. Dodsley.

An agriculturist; a farmer. [R.]

An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)

A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water is coagulated by heat ad by certain chemical reagents. Acid albumin, a modifica…

Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.

dark-colored solution which, when it collects in puddles and evaporates, produces characteristic black spots.

One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.

Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. Almost never, scarcely ever. -- Almost nothing, scarcely anything.

ne of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. Shipley.

In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table.

A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.

Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.

A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches. Gwilt.

e: (a) concurrence in belief, or in a statement; assent; (b) the final word or act; (c) Christ as being one who is true and faithful. And let all the people say, Amen. Ps. cvi. 48. Amen, amen, I say to thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God. John ii. 3. Rhemish Trans. To say amen to, to app…

A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea.

n; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.

To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename. [R.] Whitlock.

d by grammatical endings. -- Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.