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Cockfighting. Ben Jonson.

ontemporaneous. -- Co`e*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. And all [members of the body] are coetaneous. Bentley.

your English language one single word that is coextended through all these significations Bentley.

tion of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. Bentley.

An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.

To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.

The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.

One who collates to a benefice.

formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene.

day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred.

A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836. There was [formerly] some sense for commendams. Selden. Partnership in commendam. See under Partnership.…

One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.

Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop. Burke. Commendatory prayer (Book of Common Prayer), a prayer read over the dying. "The commendatory prayer was said for him, and, as it ended, he [William III.] died." Bp. Burnet.

ch lives in with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association.

ing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted. Bentley.

To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity. Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight Of age, disease, or want, commiserate. Denham. We should commiserate our mutual ignorance. Locke.

Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness. [Obs.] Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. B. Jonson. Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury to others, it was not to be suffered. Hooker.

-- Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of instigating litigation. -- Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas. -- Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling and quarreling. See Brawler. -- Common carrier (Law), one who undertakes the office of carrying (goods…

ts comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top. Bentley.

To curve; to bend into a circular form. [Obs. except in carpentry and shipbuilding.] Shak.