Word Meanings - HEPTASTICH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.

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• SEVENNIGHT
  A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight.
• CONSISTENTLY
  In a consistent manner.
• CONSIST
  1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col.
• CONSISTORIAN
  Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton.
• SEVENFOLD
  Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount. "Sevenfold rage." Milton.
• CONSISTENCE; CONSISTENCY
  1. The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. Bacon. We
• CONSISTORY
  The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere. Hook. (more info) consistorium a place of assembly, the place where the emperor's council met, fr. consistere: cf.
• SEVENTIETH
  1. Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age. 2. Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.
• SEVENTEENTH
  1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. Gen. vii. 11. 2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which
• SEVENTY-FOUR
  A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
• SEVENTEEN
  One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.
• SEVEN-SHOOTER
  A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.
• CONSISTENT
  1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey. 2. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous;
• SEVEN
  One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week. Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4. -- Seven stars , the Pleiades. -- Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders. -- Seven-year apple , a rubiaceous
• SEVENTHLY
  In the seventh place.
• CONSISTORIAL
  Of or pertaining to a consistory. "Consistorial laws." Hooker. "Consistorial courts." Bp. Hoadley.
• SEVEN-THIRTIES
  A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they
• SEVENSCORE
  Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty. The old Countess of Desmond . . . lived sevenscore years. Bacon.
• COMPOSITION
  The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam.
• CHURCHLINESS
  Regard for the church.
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• LORDLINESS
  The state or quality of being lordly. Shak.
• STEELINESS
  The quality of being steely.
• CHILLINESS
  1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth.
• SOUTHERNLINESS
  Southerliness.
• MELANCHOLINESS
  The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell.
• DEATHLINESS
  The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey.
• KINGLINESS
  The state or quality of being kingly.
• BEASTLINESS
  The state or quality of being beastly.
• BRISTLINESS
  The quality or state of having bristles.
• POORLINESS
  The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
• ZOLLNER'S LINES
  Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.
• SLOVENLINESS
  The quality or state of being slovenly.
• GHASTLINESS
  The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.
• MAIDENLINESS
  The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.
• WILINESS
  The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.