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native case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want. Behold, a greater than Solomon is here…

A police station. [India] Kipling.

The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.

Deathlike; resembling death. Dunglison.

A description, or the doctrine, of death. Dunglison.

A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death. Bryant.

y under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disus…

The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage. Sir W. Scott.

The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively. J. R. Green.

The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.

on, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural. "This ceremonial thanks." Massinger. If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye for sinners also do even the same. Luke vi. 33. What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and constant, will neither do, nor permit others u…

Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [R.] Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well That washes what it shows. Herbert.

Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! Shak.

Thankfully. [Obs.] Sylvester (Du Bartas).

To give or dedicate in token of thanks. [Obs. or R.] Mede.

One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. Barrow.

The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies. Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. 1 Tim. iv. 4. In the thanksgiving before meat. Shak. And taught by thee the Church prolongs Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. Keble.…

The quality or state of being thankworthy.

Deserving thanks; worthy of gratitude; mreitorious. For this thankworthy, if a man, for conscience toward God, endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 1 Pet. ii. 19.

Pertaining to, or like, an acrolith.