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Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church. "Papal Christians." Bp. Burnet. Papal cross. See Illust. 3 of Cross. -- Papal crown, the tiara.

Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise. C. Kingsley. T. Burnet. "A paradisiacal scene." Pope. The valley . . . is of quite paradisiac beauty. G. Eliot.

tal or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon. "Partial dissolutions of the earth." T. Burnet.

d for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.

A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise. Bp. Burnet.

To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

To proclaim; to publish; also, to summon; to call. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

g else. Wisdom declares her antiquity and preëxistence to all the works of this earth. T. Burnet.

Premeditated; deliberate. [Archaic] Bp. Burnet.

t or measure. I will show what preparations there were in nature for this dissolution. T. Burnet.

"Proximate ancestors." J. S. Harford. The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. T. Burnet. Proximate analysis (Chem.), an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis. -- Proximate cause. (a) A cause which immediately precedes and produces the effe…

of nice points; punctilious; precise. Punctual to tediousness in all that he relates. Bp. Burnet. So much on punctual niceties they stand. C. Pitt.

red, well digested, and well reasoned in every part, there is beauty in such a theory. T. Burnet.

laces that refer to the shutting and opening the abyss, I take notice of that in Job. Bp. Burnet.

One who remonstrates; a remonsrant. Bp. Burnet.

To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective. Bp. Burnet.

The quality or state of being representative. Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with conssciousness and representativeness. Spectator.

it was called), annulling all the Parliaments that had been held since the year 1633. Bp. Burnet.

Redelivery; repayment. [Obs.] "Yearly resolutes, deductions, and payments." Bp. Burnet.