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An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.

To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment. To arrive at, or attain to. When he arrived at manhood. Rogers. We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts. McCosh. If at great things thou wouldst arrive. Mi…

Cunning; artifice; craft. Madam, I swear I use no art at all. Shak. Animals practice art when opposed to their superiors in strength. Crabb.

To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.

Bound by articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk.

One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist. [Obs.]

One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan. [Obs.] How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast, Instruct the articles and reward their. Waller.

same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke. As I return I will fetch off these justices. Shak.

ion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things. I am far from commending those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts. Norris. Ascetic theology, the science which treats of the practice of the theological and mor…

The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.

An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business. [Obs.]

One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars.

To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology.

Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.

The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.

The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.

To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency.

eeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration; earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or affectionate heed; the supposed power or faculty of attending. They say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony.…

One who practices attitudes.

The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.