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listines were worsted by the captived ark . . . : they were not able to cohabit with that holy thing. South.

ch really combines mankind. Dr. H. More. And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage. Shak. Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined. Cowper.

The Holy Spirit, -- reffering to his office of comforting believers. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. John xiv. 26.

tion by means of a crank. Where God is worshiped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences. Jer. Taylor.

or natural disposition; character; nature. [Obs.] If his complexion incline him to melancholy. Milton. It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam. Shak.

cing testimony. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. Shak.

by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions. A holy and conscientious course. Abp. Tillotson.

lf) unreservedly, as to the service of God. One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy rest. Sharp.

preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver. The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new life. Jer. Taylor.

coessential. Christ Jesus . . . coeternal and consubstantial with the Father and with the Holy Ghost. Foxe.

Holy meditation. [Obs.] To live in prayer and contemplation. Shak.

An assembly or meeting. In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. Ex. xii. 16.

, a first-rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the cordons bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, famous for their good dinners. -- Cordon sanitaire (kd" s Etym: [F., sanitary cordon], a line of troops or military posts around a district infected with disease, to cut off communication, and thus prevent the disease…

used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent.

A holy war; a crusade. [Obs.] Bacon.

taken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.

arch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. Dryden.

boding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious. More dark and dark our woes. Shak. A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. Macaulay. There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. W. Irving.…

ure coarsely executed. Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. Sterne.