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A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity. Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. Whewell.

tation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic. The rankest rogue that ever canted. Beau. & Fl.

One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.

A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank. To cut a caper, to frolic; to make a sportive spring; to play a prank. Shak.

A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections. Several of Charlemagne's capitularies. Hallam.

The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.

The rank, post, or commission of a captain. Washington. Captaincy general, the office, power, teritory, or jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).

The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander. "To take the captainship." Shak.

The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.

The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.

Gay; easy; offhand; frank. The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, from a complete contrast. Hazlitt.

Condition; rank. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.

e, or express the character of. The softness and effeminacy which characterize the men of rank in most countries. W. Irving.

A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men. Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought. Addison.

An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword. The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. W. Irving.

To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc. And even the ranks of Tusculum Could scare forbear to cheer. Macaulay.

Highest in office or rank; principal; head. "Chief rulers." John. xii. 42.

The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.

A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; -- often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow.