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Adoration
Adoration Ad`o*ra"tion, n. [L. adoratio, fr. adorare: cf. F.
adoration.]
1. The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship
paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.
The more immediate objects of popular adoration
amongst the heathens were deified human beings.
--Farmer.
2. Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration;
intense regard and love; fervent devotion.
3. A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage
from two thirds of the conclave.
[Pole] might have been chosen on the spot by
adoration. --Froude.
Close corporationCorporation Cor`po*ra"tion (k[^o]r`p[-o]*r[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[L. corporatio incarnation: cf. F. corporation corporation.]
A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to
act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity
of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting
business as an individual.
Note: Corporations are aggregate or sole. Corporations
aggregate consist of two or more persons united in a
society, which is preserved by a succession of members,
either forever or till the corporation is dissolved by
the power that formed it, by the death of all its
members, by surrender of its charter or franchises, or
by forfeiture. Such corporations are the mayor and
aldermen of cities, the head and fellows of a college,
the dean and chapter of a cathedral church, the
stockholders of a bank or insurance company, etc. A
corporation sole consists of a single person, who is
made a body corporate and politic, in order to give him
some legal capacities, and especially that of
succession, which as a natural person he can not have.
Kings, bishops, deans, parsons, and vicars, are in
England sole corporations. A fee will not pass to a
corporation sole without the word ``successors' in the
grant. There are instances in the United States of a
minister of a parish seized of parsonage lands in the
right of his parish, being a corporation sole, as in
Massachusetts. Corporations are sometimes classified as
public and private; public being convertible with
municipal, and private corporations being all
corporations not municipal.
Close corporation. See under Close. Collaboration
Collaboration Col*lab`o*ra"tion, n.
The act of working together; united labor.
Coloration
Coloration Col`or*a"tion, n.
The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.
--Bacon.
The females . . . resemble each other in their general
type of coloration. --Darwin.
CommemorationCommemoration Com*mem`o*ra"tion, n. [L. commemoratio.]
1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration
designed to honor the memory of some person or event.
This sacrament was designed to be a standing
commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord.
--Abp.
Tillotson.
The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most
flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a
feast of eternal commemoration. --Burke.
2. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
Commemoration day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an
annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors
of the University, at which time honorary degrees are
conferred. Commemoration dayCommemoration Com*mem`o*ra"tion, n. [L. commemoratio.]
1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration
designed to honor the memory of some person or event.
This sacrament was designed to be a standing
commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord.
--Abp.
Tillotson.
The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most
flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a
feast of eternal commemoration. --Burke.
2. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
Commemoration day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an
annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors
of the University, at which time honorary degrees are
conferred. Commoration
Commoration Com`mo*ra"tion, n. [L. commoratio.]
The act of staying or residing in a place. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
Concorporation
Concorporation Con*cor`po*ra"tion, n. [L. concorporatio.]
Union of things in one mass or body. [R.] --Dr. H. More.
CorporationCorporation Cor`po*ra"tion (k[^o]r`p[-o]*r[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[L. corporatio incarnation: cf. F. corporation corporation.]
A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to
act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity
of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting
business as an individual.
Note: Corporations are aggregate or sole. Corporations
aggregate consist of two or more persons united in a
society, which is preserved by a succession of members,
either forever or till the corporation is dissolved by
the power that formed it, by the death of all its
members, by surrender of its charter or franchises, or
by forfeiture. Such corporations are the mayor and
aldermen of cities, the head and fellows of a college,
the dean and chapter of a cathedral church, the
stockholders of a bank or insurance company, etc. A
corporation sole consists of a single person, who is
made a body corporate and politic, in order to give him
some legal capacities, and especially that of
succession, which as a natural person he can not have.
Kings, bishops, deans, parsons, and vicars, are in
England sole corporations. A fee will not pass to a
corporation sole without the word ``successors' in the
grant. There are instances in the United States of a
minister of a parish seized of parsonage lands in the
right of his parish, being a corporation sole, as in
Massachusetts. Corporations are sometimes classified as
public and private; public being convertible with
municipal, and private corporations being all
corporations not municipal.
Close corporation. See under Close. Corporation aggregateAggregate Ag"gre*gate, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.]
1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or
sum; collective.
The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as,
aggregate glands.
3. (Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common
involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed
from one flower, as in the raspberry.
4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent
to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by
mechanical means.
5. (Zo["o]l.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of
certain compound animals.
Corporation aggregate. (Law) See under Corporation. Corporation soleSole Sole, a. [L. solus, or OF. sol, F. seul (fr. L. solus;
cf. L. sollus whole, entire. Cf. Desolate, Solemn,
Solo, Sullen.]
1. Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.
``The sole son of my queen.' --Shak.
He, be sure . . . first and last will reign Sole
king. --Milton.
2. (Law) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.
Corporation sole. See the Note under Corporation.
Syn: Single; individual; only; alone; solitary. corporation soleCorporation Cor`po*ra"tion (k[^o]r`p[-o]*r[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[L. corporatio incarnation: cf. F. corporation corporation.]
A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to
act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity
of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting
business as an individual.
Note: Corporations are aggregate or sole. Corporations
aggregate consist of two or more persons united in a
society, which is preserved by a succession of members,
either forever or till the corporation is dissolved by
the power that formed it, by the death of all its
members, by surrender of its charter or franchises, or
by forfeiture. Such corporations are the mayor and
aldermen of cities, the head and fellows of a college,
the dean and chapter of a cathedral church, the
stockholders of a bank or insurance company, etc. A
corporation sole consists of a single person, who is
made a body corporate and politic, in order to give him
some legal capacities, and especially that of
succession, which as a natural person he can not have.
Kings, bishops, deans, parsons, and vicars, are in
England sole corporations. A fee will not pass to a
corporation sole without the word ``successors' in the
grant. There are instances in the United States of a
minister of a parish seized of parsonage lands in the
right of his parish, being a corporation sole, as in
Massachusetts. Corporations are sometimes classified as
public and private; public being convertible with
municipal, and private corporations being all
corporations not municipal.
Close corporation. See under Close. Corporations aggregateCorporation Cor`po*ra"tion (k[^o]r`p[-o]*r[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[L. corporatio incarnation: cf. F. corporation corporation.]
A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to
act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity
of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting
business as an individual.
Note: Corporations are aggregate or sole. Corporations
aggregate consist of two or more persons united in a
society, which is preserved by a succession of members,
either forever or till the corporation is dissolved by
the power that formed it, by the death of all its
members, by surrender of its charter or franchises, or
by forfeiture. Such corporations are the mayor and
aldermen of cities, the head and fellows of a college,
the dean and chapter of a cathedral church, the
stockholders of a bank or insurance company, etc. A
corporation sole consists of a single person, who is
made a body corporate and politic, in order to give him
some legal capacities, and especially that of
succession, which as a natural person he can not have.
Kings, bishops, deans, parsons, and vicars, are in
England sole corporations. A fee will not pass to a
corporation sole without the word ``successors' in the
grant. There are instances in the United States of a
minister of a parish seized of parsonage lands in the
right of his parish, being a corporation sole, as in
Massachusetts. Corporations are sometimes classified as
public and private; public being convertible with
municipal, and private corporations being all
corporations not municipal.
Close corporation. See under Close. Corroboration
Corroboration Cor*rob`o*ra"tion (k?r-r?b`?-r?"sh?n), n. [Cf.
F. corroboration.]
1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming;
addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration
of an argument, or of information.
2. That which corroborates.
Decoration DayDecoration Day Decoration Day
= Memorial Day. [U. S.] Dedecoration
Dedecoration De*dec`o*ra"tion, n. [L. dedecoratio.]
Disgrace; dishonor. [Obs.] --Bailey.
Devaporation
Devaporation De*vap`o*ra"tion, n.
The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.
DevorationDevoration Dev`o*ra"tion, n. [L. devoratio. See Devour.]
The act of devouring. [Obs.] --Holinshed. Discoloration
Discoloration Dis*col`or*a"tion, n. [Cf. F. decoloration.]
1. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored;
alteration of hue or appearance. --Darwin.
2. A discolored spot; a stain. --Arbuthnot.
Disincorporation
Disincorporation Dis`in*cor`po*ra"tion, n.
Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation.
--T. Warton.
Dulcoration
Dulcoration Dul`co*ra"tion, n. [LL. dulcoratio.]
The act of sweetening. [R.] --Bacon.
ExauctorationExauctoration Ex*auc`tor*a"tion, n.
See Exauthoration. Exauthoration
Exauthoration Ex*au`thor*a"tion, n.
Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [Obs.] --Jer.
Taylor.
Exoration
Exoration Ex`o*ra"tion, n. [L. exoratio.]
Entreaty. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.
Expectoration
Expectoration Ex*pec`to*ra"tion, n. [Cf. F. expectoration.]
1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or
lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.
2. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
Exploration
Exploration Ex`plo*ra"tion, n. [L. exploratio: cf. F.
exploration.]
The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for
purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery;
examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.)
physical examination.
``An exploration of doctrine.' --Bp. Hall.
Gatch decorationGatch Gatch, n. [Per. gach mortar.]
Plaster as used in Persian architecture and decorative art.
Gatch decoration, decoration in plaster often producing
design of great beauty.
Gatch work, work in which gatch is employed; also, articles
of gatch ornamentation collectively. Imperforation
Imperforation Im*per`fo*ra"tion, n. [Cf. F. imperforation.]
The state of being without perforation.
Impignoration
Impignoration Im*pig`no*ra"tion, n. [LL. impignoratio: cf. F.
impignoration.]
The act of pawning or pledging; the state of being pawned.
[Obs.] --Bailey.
ImplorationImploration Im`plo*ra"tion, n. [L. imploratio: cf. OF.
imploration. See Implore.]
The act of imploring; earnest supplication. --Bp. Hall.
Meaning of Oratio from wikipedia
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Oratio Dominica CL
Linguis Versa (Italian: Il
Libro di
Preghiere Della Domenica) is a book
written in
Latin by Jean-Joseph Marcel. This work was printed...
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Oratio obliqua (or
indirect speech) is a
topic in
modern philosophy,
considered to be a
variety of the
wider topic of metarepresentation. In
recent years...
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Oratio Imperata (Latin, "Obligatory Prayer") is a set of
Roman Catholic invocative prayers consisting of the
liturgical action and a short,
general prayer...
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alternative terms for
direct and
indirect reported speech are '
oratio recta' and '
oratio obliqua', respectively. Huddleston, Rodney; Pullum,
Geoffrey (2002)...
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Indirect speech, also
known as
reported speech,
indirect discourse (US), or
ōrātiō oblīqua (/əˈreɪʃɪoʊ əˈblaɪkwə/ or /oʊˈrɑːtɪoʊ ɒˈbliːkwə/), is the practice...
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Digital Library. Cicero, M.T. "
Oratio qua L.
Catilinam Emisit in
Senatu Habita". In
Clark (1908). ——. "In L.
Catilinam Oratio Secunda Habita ad Populum"....
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Oratio ad Graecos, in
English Discourse to the Gr****s or
Address to the Gr****s, may
refer to:
Discourse to the Gr****s
concerning Hades by
Hippolytus of...
- from the
medieval hymn
Salve mundi salutare, also
known as the
Rhythmica oratio,
formerly ascribed to
Bernard of
Clairvaux but now
thought to be by Arnulf...
- his birth,
little is
known beyond what
Tatian tells about himself in his
Oratio ad Graecos, chap. xlii (Ante-Nicene Fathers, ii. 81–82): that he was born...
- Old
French prose,
which in turn
originates in the
Latin expression prosa oratio (literally,
straightforward or
direct speech).
Works of philosophy, history...
