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Of or pertaining to pronunciation; pronunciative.

A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement or declaration.

See Pronunciamento.

g with articulation; the act of giving the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or indistinct pronunciation.

Of or pertaining to pronunciation.

One who pronounces; a pronouncer.

Of or pertaining to pronunciation; that pronounces.

asses; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on. "The idle stories of quidnuncs." Motley.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculaceæ), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony.

f herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors.

The act of renouncing.

Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows.

The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.

To remove from condition of being a nun. [R.] Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. Fuller.

ols. This letter, in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 43-74. The regular long a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 17th century, was a sound of the quality of ä (as in far).…

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.

Renunciation. [R.]

a denial; a renunciation. With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox.