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ecution. Levy in mass Etym: [F. levée en masse], a requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.

, science, or literature; learned; lettered. The literate now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs. Landor.

orm clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.

That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include strategy. H. L. Scott.

me administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county. -- Lord of misrule, the master of the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house. Eng. Cyc. -- Lords spiritual, t…

A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and magazines." Milton.

In various parts of Asia, an open space, as for military exercises, or for a market place; an open grassy tract; an esplanade.

The military rank of a major.

A Chinese public officer or nobleman; a civil or military official in China and Annam.

Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.

A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and javelins.

To proceed by walking in a body or in military order; as, the German army marched into France.

A military officer of high rank; a marshal. [Obs.]

Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance. "Martial equipage." Milton.

In military language, a strict disciplinarian; in general, one who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods. [Hence, the word is commonly employed in a depreciatory sense.]

h explosive similar to lyddite, consisting principally of picric acid, used in the French military service.

hould not be baptized, and that Christians ought not to take oath, hold office, or render military service.

of commodities; commercial. The expedition of the Argonauts was partly mercantile, partly military. Arbuthnot. Mercantile agency, an agency for procuring information of the standing and credit of merchants in different parts of the country, for the use of dealers who sell to them. -- Mercantile marine, the persons and…

ons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table; as, the wardroom mess. Shak.

A military spirit or system; militarism. H. Spencer.