Word Meanings - CHASUBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an
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The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. (more info) hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It.
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- OUTER
Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump - PRIESTLIKE
Priestly. B. Jonson. - CATHOLICON
A remedy for all diseases; a panacea. - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - CROSSLY
Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor. - SAYING
That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb. Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enrolled. Milton. Syn. -- Declaration; speech; adage; maxim; aphorism; apothegm; - FRONTIERSMAN
A man living on the frontier. - CROSS-EXAMINER
One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination. - CHURCHLIKE
Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak. - CROSSJACK
The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast. - SAYMAN
One who assays. - CONNECTOR
One who, or that which, connects; as: A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments. A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact. - BROADSWORD
A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott. - FRONTIERED
Placed on the frontiers. - CROSSOPTERYGIAN
Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii. -- n. - BROADBILL
A wild duck , which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; - - called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck. - CROSSBRED
Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel. - CONSISTENTLY
In a consistent manner. - FRONTLESSLY
Shamelessly; impudently. - FRONTED
Formed with a front; drawn up in line. "Fronted brigades." Milton. - SOUTHSAY
See SOOTHSAY - WHITE-FRONTED
Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose , the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow. - VISAYAN
A member of the most numerous of the native races of the Philippines, occupying the Visayan Islands and the northern coast Mindanao; also, their language. The Visayans possessed a native culture and alphabet. - LACROSSE
A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught - CONFRONT
1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew - DIVESTMENT
The act of divesting. - UNDERSAY
To say by way of derogation or contradiction. Spenser. - SHOUTER
One who shouts.