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Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt; hence, Egyptian; as, Memphian darkness.

Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient guideposts. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube. Brande & C.

Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists. Johnson. -- Me*thod"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Me*thod"ic*al*ness, n.

One of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory. Sir W. Hamilton.

The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature.

An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.

An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about three inches. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

ous positions in it of the minor intervals; as, the Dorian mode, the Ionic mode, etc., of ancient Greek music.

n my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal. Shak. You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished. Addison.

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. Bacon.

A kind of high shoe anciently worn. [Written also moyle.]

One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively.

One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but one will as he had but one nature. Cf. Monophysite. Gibbon.

An ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or huntsmen. Bacon.

Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial. Of ancient British art A pleasing monument. Philips. Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. Shak.

bey reason, and not to invade it. Bacon. The system of morality to be gathered out of ... ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel. Swift.

A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction. Bacon.

A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.

A native or inhabitant of Muscovy or ancient Russia; hence, a Russian.