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A decree of the Congregation of the Council declaring invalid [so far as the laws of the Roman Catholic Church are concerned] any marriage of a Roman Catholic, or of a person who has ever been a Roman Catholic, if not contracted before a duty qualified priest (or the bishop of the diocese) and at least two witnesses. T…

Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.

Of or pertaining to the Nemertina. -- n.

A genus of nemertina.

Nemertean.

Nemertean.

Nemertina.

, smooth, often bright-colored body, covered with minute vibrating cilia; -- called also Nemertea, Nemertida, and Rhynchocæla.

nce, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance. This is that ancient doctrine of nemesis who keeps watch in the universe, and lets no offense go unchastised. Emerson.

The natural day and night, or space of twenty-four hours.

gation. [R.] I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of divine or human obligement, that you lay upon me. Milton.

The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration. Pomfret.

A fast of eight days before a great festival. Shipley.

Ointment. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The state of being at one or reconciled. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Excess of excitement; the state of being overexcited.

Excessive refinement.

An exaggerated statement or account.

Oxidation. [R.]

Oxidation.