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ou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations ! Is. xiv. 12. Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to, Satan. Kitto.

nduced by the crowding together of many persons, esp. sick persons, under one roof. G. Gregory.

he olive, and having a bitter-sweet taste and acid proporties. [Written also olivile.] Gregory.

-- opposed to heterodoxy or to heresy. Basil himself bears full and clear testimony to Gregory's orthodoxy. Waterland.

Same as Pallium. About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls into England, -- the one for London, the other for York. Fuller.

Weight; gravity. [R.] Gregory.

See Category.

to drugs, plant extracts, etc. Cathartine is the bitter, purgative principle of senna. Gregory. Bitter principle, Principle of contradiction, etc. See under Bitter, Contradiction, etc.

as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally.

A service book relating to ecclesiastical processions. J. Gregory.

stance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids. Gregory.

To bend back; to turn back. J. Gregory.

A little circle. J. Gregory.

Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany.

Belonging to a sundial. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. -- Sci`a*ther"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

A myth which essentially consists of allegory based upon ideas as to the sun's course, motion, influence, or the like.

A kind of amulet or magical charm. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

Of or pertaining to telesms; magical. J. Gregory.

To pass over; as, Alexander transpassed the river. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

Kept or occurring once in three years; triennial. [R.] J. Gregory.