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See 1st Lar.

The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed to the optimates.

The triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust. under Maioid, and Illust. of Spider crab, under Spider.

One who affirms or declares.

from the chair], in the exercise of one's office; with authority. The Vatican Council declares that the Pope, is infallible "when he speaks ex cathedra." Addis & Arnold's Cath. Dict.

n be at an end. Lev. viii. 33. Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemny declares it so. South.

One who declares. Abbott.

gislature. Declaratory act (Law), an act or statute which sets forth more clearly, and declares what is, the existing law.

To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false. I the Lord . . . declare things that are right. Isa. xlv. 19.

One who denounces, or declares, as a menace. Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden.

One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light. His [the sun's] flaring beams. Milton.

e rule of t. Francis, esp. those of the Second Order of St. Francis, -- called also Poor Clares or Minoresses. -- Franciscan Tertiaries, the Third Order of St. Francis.

To shine with a bright, dazzling light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden.

To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.

[Obs.] -- Household gods (Rom. Antiq.), the gods presiding over the house and family; the Lares and Penates; hence, all objects endeared by association with home. -- Household troops, troops appointed to attend and guard the sovereign or his residence.

ted forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares).

A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house. Nor will she her dear Lar forget, Victorious by his benefit. Lovelace. The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. Milton. Looki…

The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares.