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Word Meanings - CABINET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser. 2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet. 3. A private room in which consultations are held. Philip passed some hours

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1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser. 2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet. 3. A private room in which consultations are held. Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. Prescott. 4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council. Note: In England, the cabinet or cabinet council consists of those privy coucilors who actually transact the immediate business of the government. Mozley & W. -- In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government, namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture, the Postmaster-general ,and the Attorney-general. A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an étagère or closed with doors. See Etagere. 6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself. Cabinet council. Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). A meeting of the cabinet. -- Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council. -- Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a carte de visite. -- Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.

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  • MEETER
    One who meets.
  • CONFERENCE
    A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters. 6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. Conference meeting,
  • CONVENTIONALLY
    In a conventional manner.
  • CHAMBERING
    Lewdness. Rom. xiii. 13.
  • CONGRESSIVE
    Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.
  • CHAMBERER
    1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. Chaucer. 2. A civilian; a carpetmonger.
  • CONVENTIONAL
    1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale. 2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by
  • CONVENTIONALISM
    The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. (more info) 1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.
  • BUREAUCRAT
    An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley.
  • COMPACT
    1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton. 3. Closely
  • COMPACTIBLE
    That may be compacted.
  • CHAMBERED
    Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.
  • CONGRESSMAN
    A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.
  • CONVOCATIONIST
    An advocate or defender of convocation.
  • CONVENTIONIST
    One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
  • BUREAUCRATIST
    An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.
  • ASSEMBLY
    A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble. Note: In some of the United States, the legislature, or the popular branch of it, is called the Assembly, or the General Assembly. In the Presbyterian Church, the General
  • COMPACTEDLY
    In a compact manner.
  • CONGRESSIONAL
    Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates. Congressional and official labor. E. Everett. Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided ,
  • SYNODIC; SYNODICAL
    Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms. "A synodical epistle." Bp. Stillingfleet.
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    One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
  • STAR-CHAMBER
    An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed
  • TRUST COMPANY
    Any corporation formed for the purpose of acting as trustee. Such companies usually do more or less of a banking business.
  • WATCH MEETING
    A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
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    One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.
  • INCHAMBER
    To lodge in a chamber. Sherwood.
  • ENTREATY
    1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. B. Jonson. 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser. Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication;

 

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