| slovo | definícia |
altar
(mass) | altar
- oltár |
altar
(encz) | altar,oltář n: Zdeněk Brož |
Altar
(gcide) | Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
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Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
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2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
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Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
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Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman.
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altar
(wn) | altar
n 1: the table in Christian churches where communion is given
[syn: altar, communion table, Lord's table]
2: a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are
made |
altar
(devil) | ALTAR, n. The place whereupon the priest formerly raveled out the
small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination
and cooked its flesh for the gods. The word is now seldom used,
except with reference to the sacrifice of their liberty and peace by a
male and a female tool.
They stood before the altar and supplied
The fire themselves in which their fat was fried.
In vain the sacrifice! -- no god will claim
An offering burnt with an unholy flame.
M.P. Nopput
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altars
(mass) | altars
- oltáre |
gibraltar
(mass) | Gibraltar
- Gibraltár |
gibraltar
(msasasci) | Gibraltar
- GI, GIB, Gibraltar |
altar boy
(encz) | altar boy,ministrant n: Zdeněk Brož |
altar bread
(encz) | altar bread,hostie n: [náb.] xkomczax |
altarpiece
(encz) | altarpiece,oltářní obraz Zdeněk Brož |
altars
(encz) | altars,oltáře Zdeněk Brož |
as solid as the rock of gibraltar
(encz) | as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar,velmi stabilní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
gibraltar
(encz) | Gibraltar,Gibraltar n: [zem.] město - Gibraltar Petr Prášek |
gibraltarian
(encz) | Gibraltarian, adj: |
high altar
(encz) | high altar, n: |
lead a woman to the altar
(encz) | lead a woman to the altar,vést nevěstu k oltáři [fráz.] [zast.] tata |
gibraltar
(czen) | Gibraltar,Gibraltarn: [zem.] město - Gibraltar Petr Prášek |
Altar
(gcide) | Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
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Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
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2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
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Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
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Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman.
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altar boy
(gcide) | altar boy \al"tar boy\, n.
a boy who assists a priest at the clebration of the Holy Mass
and other forms of public worship; -- also called acolyte.
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Altar cloth
(gcide) | Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
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Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
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2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
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Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
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Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman.
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Altar cushion
(gcide) | Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
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Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
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2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
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Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
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Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman.
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Altar frontal
(gcide) | Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
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Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
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2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
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Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
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Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman.
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Altar rail
(gcide) | Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
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Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
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2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
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Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
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Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman.
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Altar screen
(gcide) | Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
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Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
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2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
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Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
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Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman.
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Altar tomb
(gcide) | Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
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Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
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2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
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Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
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Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman.
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Altarage
(gcide) | Altarage \Al"tar*age\, n. [Cf. OF. auterage, autelage.]
1. The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.
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2. The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the
altar, from the small tithes. --Shipley.
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Altar-cloth
(gcide) | Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
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Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
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2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
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Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
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Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman.
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Altarist
(gcide) | Altarist \Al"tar*ist\, n. [Cf. LL. altarista, F. altariste.]
(Old Law)
(a) A chaplain.
(b) A vicar of a church.
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Altarpiece
(gcide) | Altarpiece \Al"tar*piece`\, n.
The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the
altar; reredos.
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Altarwise
(gcide) | Altarwise \Al"tar*wise`\, adv.
In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a
church with its ends towards the north and south. --Shipley.
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Coal-tar creosote
(gcide) | Creosote \Cre"o*sote\ (kr[=e]"[-o]*s[=o]t), n. [Gr. kre`as, gen.
kre`ws, flesh + sw`zein to preserve.] (Chem.)
Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky
taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or
brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of
various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the
distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood.
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Note: It is remarkable as an antiseptic and deodorizer in the
preservation of wood, flesh, etc., and in the
prevention of putrefaction; but it is a poor germicide,
and in this respect has been overrated. Smoked meat, as
ham, owes its preservation and taste to a small
quantity of creosote absorbed from the smoke to which
it is exposed. Carbolic acid is phenol[1] proper,
while creosote is a mixture of several phenols.
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Coal-tar creosote (Chem.), a colorless or yellow, oily
liquid, obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and
resembling wood-tar oil, or creosote proper, in
composition and properties.
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Dominical altar
(gcide) | Dominical \Do*min"ic*al\, a. [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus
belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord's day),
fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See Dame.]
1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday.
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2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or
Lord's) prayer. --Howell.
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Some words altered in the dominical Gospels.
--Fuller.
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Dominical altar (Eccl.), the high altar.
Dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes
Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven
letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the
same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year
(except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the
end of February). After twenty-eight years the same
letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go
backwards one day every common year, and two every leap
year; e. g., if the dominical letter of a common year be
G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year.
Called also Sunday letter. Cf. Solar cycle, under
Cycle, n.
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Family altar
(gcide) | Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
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Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
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2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
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Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
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Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman.
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Gibraltar
(gcide) | Gibraltar \Gi*bral"tar\, n.
1. A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain,
held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable
stronghold.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; -- called, in
full, Gibraltar rock.
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Gibraltar rock
(gcide) | Gibraltar \Gi*bral"tar\, n.
1. A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain,
held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable
stronghold.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; -- called, in
full, Gibraltar rock.
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High altar
(gcide) | High \High\, a. [Compar. Higher; superl. Highest.] [OE.
high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he['a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h,
OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw.
h["o]g, Dan. h["o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound,
G. h["u]gel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a
line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or
extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as,
a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
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2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished;
remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or
relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are
understood from the connection; as
(a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or
intellectual; pre["e]minent; honorable; as, high aims,
or motives. "The highest faculty of the soul."
--Baxter.
(b) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or
in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified;
as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
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He was a wight of high renown. --Shak.
(c) Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
(d) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like;
strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes,
triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high
wind; high passions. "With rather a high manner."
--Thackeray.
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Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
--Ps. lxxxix.
13.
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Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?
--Dryden.
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount;
grand; noble.
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Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
--Shak.
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Plain living and high thinking are no more.
--Wordsworth.
(f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods
at a high price.
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If they must be good at so high a rate, they
know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South.
(g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; --
used in a bad sense.
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An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
--Prov. xxi.
4.
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His forces, after all the high discourses,
amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
--Clarendon.
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3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or
superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i.
e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy)
seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e.,
deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough)
scholarship, etc.
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High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser.
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High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
--Baker.
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4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures
do not cook game before it is high.
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5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as,
a high note.
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6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the
tongue in relation to the palate, as [=e] ([=e]ve), [=oo]
(f[=oo]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10,
11.
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High admiral, the chief admiral.
High altar, the principal altar in a church.
High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or
tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached.
High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.]
High art, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects
and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all
meretricious display.
High bailiff, the chief bailiff.
High Church, & Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in
the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic
succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental
presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and
to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach
much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship.
Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in
many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of
the high-church school. See Broad Church.
High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See
Constable, n., 2.
High commission court, a court of ecclesiastical
jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal
power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse
of its powers it was abolished in 1641.
High day (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31.
High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full
ceremonial.
High German, or High Dutch. See under German.
High jinks, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry;
wild sport. [Colloq.] "All the high jinks of the county,
when the lad comes of age." --F. Harrison.
High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher
figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator.
High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich.
High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet.
High living, a feeding upon rich, pampering food.
High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass.
High milling, a process of making flour from grain by
several successive grindings and intermediate sorting,
instead of by a single grinding.
High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian.
High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which
sacrifices were offered.
High priest. See in the Vocabulary.
High relief. (Fine Arts) See Alto-rilievo.
High school. See under School.
High seas (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in
the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty,
usually distant three miles or more from the coast line.
--Wharton.
High steam, steam having a high pressure.
High steward, the chief steward.
High tea, tea with meats and extra relishes.
High tide, the greatest flow of the tide; high water.
High time.
(a) Quite time; full time for the occasion.
(b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal.
[Slang]
High treason, treason against the sovereign or the state,
the highest civil offense. See Treason.
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Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as
treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a
distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W.
High water, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the
tide; also, the time of such elevation.
High-water mark.
(a) That line of the seashore to which the waters
ordinarily reach at high water.
(b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a
river or other body of fresh water, as in time of
freshet.
High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva
frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic
coast of the United States.
High wine, distilled spirits containing a high percentage
of alcohol; -- usually in the plural.
To be on a high horse, to be on one's dignity; to bear
one's self loftily. [Colloq.]
With a high hand.
(a) With power; in force; triumphantly. "The children of
Israel went out with a high hand." --Ex. xiv. 8.
(b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. "They governed
the city with a high hand." --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious;
proud; violent; full; dear. See Tall.
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Lady altar
(gcide) | Lady \La"dy\ (l[=a]"d[y^]), n.; pl. Ladies (l[=a]"d[i^]z).
[OE. ladi, l[ae]fdi, AS. hl[=ae]fdige, hl[=ae]fdie; AS.
hl[=a]f loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to
E. dairy. See Loaf, and cf. Lord.]
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1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family;
a mistress; the female head of a household.
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Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou,
and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the
face of Sara my lady. --Wyclif (Gen.
xvi. 8.).
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2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress;
-- a feminine correlative of lord. "Lord or lady of high
degree." --Lowell.
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Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, .
. .
We make thee lady. --Shak.
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3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was
paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a
sweetheart.
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The soldier here his wasted store supplies,
And takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller.
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4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a
title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is
not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a
nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or
knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by
right.
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5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman;
-- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
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6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith.
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7. Hence: Any woman; as, a lounge for ladies; a cleaning
lady; also used in combination; as, saleslady.
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8. (Zool.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a
lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a
seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.
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Ladies' man, a man who affects the society of ladies.
Lady altar, an altar in a lady chapel. --Shipley.
Lady chapel, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Lady court, the court of a lady of the manor.
Lady crab (Zool.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab
(Platyonichus ocellatus) very common on the sandy shores
of the Atlantic coast of the United States.
Lady fern. (Bot.) See Female fern, under Female, and
Illust. of Fern.
Lady in waiting, a lady of the queen's household, appointed
to wait upon or attend the queen.
Lady Mass, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary.
--Shipley.
Lady of the manor, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor;
also, the wife of a manor lord.
Lady's maid, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a
lady. --Thackeray.
Our Lady, the Virgin Mary.
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Saltarella
(gcide) | Saltarella \Sal`ta*rel"la\, n.
See Saltarello.
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Saltarello
(gcide) | Saltarello \Sal`ta*rel"lo\, n. [It., fr. L. saltare to jump.]
A popular Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, running
mostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of
each measure. See Tarantella.
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Superaltar
(gcide) | Superaltar \Su"per*al`tar\, n. (Arch.)
A raised shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on which
different objects can be placed; a predella or gradino.
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To lead as a bride to the altar
(gcide) | Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl.
altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier,
F. autel. Cf. Altitude.]
1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of
stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense
burned to a deity.
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Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii.
20.
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2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or
other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist;
the communion table.
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Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
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Altar cloth or
Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church,
usually richly embroidered.
Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian
church to support the service book.
Altar frontal. See Frontal.
Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion
table.
Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to
protect it from approach in the rear.
Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc.
Family altar, place of family devotions.
To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a
woman.
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altar boy
(wn) | altar boy
n 1: a boy serving as an acolyte |
altar wine
(wn) | altar wine
n 1: used in a communion service [syn: altar wine,
sacramental wine] |
altarpiece
(wn) | altarpiece
n 1: a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar
or communion table [syn: altarpiece, reredos] |
gibraltar
(wn) | Gibraltar
n 1: location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone
promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically
important because it can control the entrance of ships into
the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules [syn:
Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe] |
gibraltar fever
(wn) | Gibraltar fever
n 1: infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by
contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk
products; characterized by fever and headache [syn:
brucellosis, undulant fever, Malta fever, {Gibraltar
fever}, Rock fever, Mediterranean fever] |
gibraltarian
(wn) | Gibraltarian
adj 1: of or relating to Gibraltar or its inhabitants;
"Gibraltarian customs office"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Gibraltar |
high altar
(wn) | high altar
n 1: the main altar in a church |
rock of gibraltar
(wn) | Rock of Gibraltar
n 1: location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone
promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically
important because it can control the entrance of ships into
the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules [syn:
Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe] |
strait of gibraltar
(wn) | Strait of Gibraltar
n 1: the strait between Spain and Africa |
ALTARAGE
(bouvier) | ALTARAGE, eccl. law. Offerings made on the altar; all profits which accrue
to the priest by means of the altar. Ayl. Par. 61; 2 Cro. 516.
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