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A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin.

The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the religion of Brahma.

An adherent of the religion of the Brahmans.

A chiromancer.

The doctrine or the phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat. Nichol.

An idiom of the German language.

had rejected with indifference the attitude of sex for the loftier quality of abstract humanism. T. Hardy.

esented the movement of the Renaissance, and early in the 16th century adopted the name Humanist as their distinctive title. Schaff- Herzog.

Of or pertaining to humanity; as, humanistic devotion. Caird.

Mohammedan.

Mohammedanism.

A Norman idiom; a custom or expression peculiar to the Normans. M. Arnold.

Like an old woman; anile. -- Old`-wom"an*ish*ness, n.

Pertaining to Romanism.

The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.

One who adheres to Romanism.

The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural- Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors. Encyc. Brit.…

An adherent of Shamanism.

man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate. " Thy tears are womanish." Shak. " Womanish entreaties." Macaulay. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike. Ascham. -- Wom"an*ish*ly, adv. -- Wom"an*ish*ness, n.

Old-womanish; imbecile. "Anile ideas." Walpole.