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eiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository. O sacred receptacle of my joys! Shak.

me matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation. Burn.

rds; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.

; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy. The high hills are a refuger the wild goats. Ps. civ. 18. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed. Ps. ix. 9.

; a recorder; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events; as, a register of deeds.

. -- Regular sales (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable on the day after the transaction. -- Regular troops, troops of a standing or permanent army; -- opposed to militia.

sen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance. [Obs.] Hooker. A sacred vow that none should aye Spenser.

tooth or a bone of this saint. Addison. Thy relics, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred place by Dryden's awful dust. Pope.

Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive. "A sacrifice expiatory or remissory." Latimer.

To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

To cut off; to abrogate; to annul. The blessed Jesus . . . did sacramentally rescind the impure relics of Adam and the contraction of evil customs. Jer. Taylor.

The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.

Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.

reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe. "A reverential esteem of things sacred." South.

A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine.

A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.

Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.

catalogue; a list. The rolls of Parliament, the entry of the petitions, answers, and transactions in Parliament, are extant. Sir M. Hale. The roll and list of that army doth remain. Sir J. Davies.

s insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacæcia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.

A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.