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; hence, the office itself. The chair of a philosophical school. Whewell. A chair of philology. M. Arnold.

A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans.

an system; -- so named from a township in Clinton Co., New York. See the Diagram under Geology.

developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs. See the Diagram under Geology.

Relating to chirology.

Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables. Raleigh. -- Chron`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology. That learned noise and dust of the chronologist is wholly to be avoided. Locke. THe most exact chronologers tell us that Christ was born in October, and not in December. John Knox.

Of or pertaining to climatology.

One versed in, or who studies, climatology.

In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to or below the freezing point, exceeding 16º in twenty-four hours or 20º in thirty-six hours, independent of the diurnal range.

ages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.

A commendation; eulogy. [R.] "Commendatories to our affection." Sharp.

al laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative physiology, comparative philology.

Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.

One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.

l. And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. Shak. A slight expense of conjectural analogy. Hugh Miller. Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. Carlyle.

Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age.(See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York.

Of or pertaining to cosmology.

One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.

Of or pertaining to craniology.