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he pope or the papacy; papal. Apostolical brief. See under Brief. -- Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries. -- Apostolic church, the Christian church; -- so called on ac…

Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.

A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.

A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.

The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott.

A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum. Dunglison.

An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.

A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.

A collection of inanimate objects. [Obs.] Howell.

A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted.

A collection of maps in a volume; --

A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past. "The days of auld lang syne."

A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authencity. Bouvier.

A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business. "A new batch of Lords." Lady M. W. Montagu.

A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat. How far that little candle throws his beams ! Shak.

A collection of small houses surrounded by a wall and occupied by a community of Beguines.

A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.

To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought. I have bethought me of another fault. Shak. The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. Milton. We be…

A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies. What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here ! Beau. & Fl.

tery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. Grainger.