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em of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.

lains, or prairies. Descending fro the mountain into playn. Chaucer. Him the Ammonite Worshiped in Rabba and her watery plain. Milton.

A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the f…

A fire worshiper. [R.] Southey.

; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers. An orderly life so far as others are able to observe us is now and then produced by prudential motives or by dint of habit; but without seriousness there can be no religious principle at the bottom, no course of conduct fr…

strict. Thus, Indianlike, Religious in my error, I adore The sun, that looks upon his worshiper. Shak.

An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies. [Written also Sabæan, and Sabean.]

A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago. Balfour (Cyc. of India)

of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. Milton. Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or metal, and in no case of brick. Fuller.

A member of the most prominent tribe of the Moro tribes, occupying the Sulu Archipelago; also, their language.

reatise related to Puranic and magic literature; esp., one of the sacred works of the worshipers of Sakti. -- Tan"tric (-trik), a.

The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium. [Written also tilly.]

A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.

A worshiper of the god Vishnu in any of his incarnations.

estiary. He said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. 2 Kings x. 22.

ed or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire. And behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, Lord if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus . . . touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. Matt. viii. 2, 3.

vil reverence. [Obsoles.] Chaucer. Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. Shak. This holy image that is man God worshipeth. Foxe.

The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [R.] Coleridge.

Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [R.] Carlyle.

he symbol under which Sakti, or the personification of the female power in nature, is worshiped. Cf. Lingam.