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ity was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents. Milman.

The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.

A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior.

ea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience. A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it represents, e.g., an actual part ch…

A bright brown polished calfskin binding of books, stained with a conventional treelike design.

ntegral unit, the unit of integral numbers, or 1. -- Physical unit, a value or magnitude conventionally adopted as a unit or standard in physical measurements. The various physical units are usually based on given units of length, mass, and time, and on the density or other properties of some substance, for example, w…

A train going in the direction conventionally called up. [U.S.]

puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer. Political wire-pullers and convention packers. Lowell.