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One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary.

arising from, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism.

A sanitarian.

A sectary. [R.] T. Warton.

One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element.…

A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.

A sententiary. Barnas Sears (Life of Luther).

One who affects singularity. [Obs.] A clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary usage. Borrow.

One who summarized.

A textuary. [R.]

A votary. Like a sad votarist in palmer's weed. Milton.

Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.

An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.

rch, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table.

he proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero.

he bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. Gray.

One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.

g to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic.

pic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley.