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The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation.

ltation; having the privilege or right of conference. "A consultative . . . power." Abp. Bramhall.

To knit or bind together; to unite closely. [Obs.] Feltham. The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts. R. Junius.

The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric. Burke.

y; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan. What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom. Tillotson. neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life. Hawthorne.

Having convolutions. beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn. Pennant.

ony from grief or pain. With emotions which checked his voice and convulsed his powerful frame. Macaulay.

To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke.

To choose; to elect; to coöpt. [Obs.] Cockeram.

A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.

A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

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.

A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.

coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal. Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. -- Coromandel wood, Calamander wood.

hted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis. Fairholt.

In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable. W. W. Goodwin.

One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.

The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. South.

A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes.

A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger.