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ship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god. The more immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings. Farmer.

An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

The Mohammedan Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). [Spelt also Alcoran.]

Of or pertaining to the Koran.

One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions.

The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.

Same as Alcoranic.

Same as Alcoranist.

Capable of being ameliorated.

To make better; to improve; to meliorate. In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition. Macaulay.

The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. "Amelioration of human affairs." J. S. Mill.

Tending to ameliorate; producing amelioration or improvement; as, ameliorative remedies, efforts.

One who ameliorates.

Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.

A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

Fit for anchorage.

Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Anchor-shaped.