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A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.

Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature. Murdock.

ning, both divinity and humanity. [R.] The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [Homer's] theanthropic sytem. Gladstone.

A state of being God and man. [R.] Coleridge.

One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.

Theanthropism.

Divinely sovereign or supreme. [R.] He [Jesus] is the thearchic Intelligence. Milman.

Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.

That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. Burns. Shade above shade, a woody theater Of stateliest view. Milton.

One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction.

Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical. [Obs.]

Theatrical. Woods over woods in gay, theatric pride. Goldsmith.

Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- The*at`ri*cal"i*ty, n. -- The*at"ric*al*ly, adv. No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion o…

tic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs. Such fashionable cant terms as `theatricals,' and `musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity. I. Disraeli.

A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old. [Written also thave.] [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.

Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.

Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.

Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.

In the form or manner of an amphitheater.