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se on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.

Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.

a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known.

To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

An annulling; cancellation. [R.] Ayliffe.

A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Cîteaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor. -- a.

q.), a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns, bestowed on a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle.

Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.

One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical.

possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be. Chesterfield. The sweet civilities of life. Dryden.

Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated. Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of civilized society. J. Quincy.

To glorify. [Obs.] Fadir, clarifie thi name. Wyclif (John ii. 28).

Cloistral. Ayliffe

g some iron, and therefore turning red when burned. -- Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate. -- Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand. -- Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay. -- Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pu…

Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.

Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit. I often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a-year. Swift .

cclesiastic. [Obs.] All persons were styled clerks that served in the church of Christ. Ayliffe.

A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year.

atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.

ril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together. And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus Mrs. Hemans.