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Pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone.

distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.

f words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.

A dependency; a dependent territory.

ext in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone.

The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends. Brande & C.

ive in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate. Arriere fee, Arriere fief, a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory. -- Arriere vassal, the vassal of a vassal.

An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.

A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

Dependent on the atmosphere. [R.] In am so atmospherical a creature. Pope. Atmospheric engine, a steam engine whose piston descends by the pressure of the atmosphere, when the steam which raised it is condensed within the cylinder. Tomlinson. -- Atmospheric line (Steam Engin.), the equilibrium line of an indicator car…

Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.

Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy. South.

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. -- Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv.

A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.

Self-generated; produced independently.

Independent in government; having the right or power of self- government.

Dependent upon, or due or relating to, the structure and characteristics of the diseased organism; endopathic; as, an autopathic disease; an autopathic theory of diseases.

To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle. Young.

A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.

Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks.