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Ausonian
Ausonian Au*so"ni*an, a. [L. Ausonia, poetic name for Italy.]
Italian. --Milton.
Hutchunsonian
Hutchunsonian Hutch`un*so"ni*an, n.
A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who
believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete
system of natural science and of theology.
Jeffersonian
Jeffersonian Jef`fer*so"ni*an, a.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson or his
policy or political doctrines. --Lowell.
JeffersonianJeffersonian Jef`fer*so"ni*an, a.
Pert. to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson (third
President of the United States) or his political doctrines,
which were those of the Republicanism of his time, as opposed
to those of the Federalists. -- n. An adherent of Jefferson
or his doctrines. -- Jef`fer*so"ni*an*ism, n. Jeffersonian simplicity
Jeffersonian simplicity Jeffersonian simplicity
The absence of pomp or display which Jefferson aimed at in
his administration as President (1801-1809), eschewing
display or ceremony tending to distinguish the President from
the people, as in going to the capital on horseback and with
no escort, the abolition of court etiquette and the weekly
levee, refusal to recognize titles of honor, etc.
JeffersonianismJeffersonian Jef`fer*so"ni*an, a.
Pert. to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson (third
President of the United States) or his political doctrines,
which were those of the Republicanism of his time, as opposed
to those of the Federalists. -- n. An adherent of Jefferson
or his doctrines. -- Jef`fer*so"ni*an*ism, n. Johnsonian
Johnsonian John*so"ni*an, a.
Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style;
pompous; inflated.
JohnsonianismJohnsonianism John*so"ni*an*ism, n.
A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or
characteristic of, Dr. Johnson. [Written also Johnsonism.] MorisoniansEvangelical E`van*gel"ic*al, a.
1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the
evangelical history.
2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in,
the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as,
evangelical religion.
3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in
interpreting Christian doctrine; pre["e]minetly orthodox;
-- technically applied to that party in the Church of
England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which
holds the doctrine of ``Justification by Faith alone';
the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other
religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.
Evangelical Alliance, an alliance for mutual strengthening
and common work, comprising Christians of different
denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool,
England, in 1845.
Evangelical Church.
(a) The Protestant Church in Germany.
(b) A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and
Calvinists in Germany in 1817.
Evangelical Union, a religion sect founded in Scotland in
1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also
Morisonians. Smithsonian
Smithsonian Smith*so"ni*an (-s[=o]"n[i^]*an), a.
Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to
the national institution of learning which he endowed at
Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution;
Smithsonian Reports. -- n. The Smithsonian Institution.
Tennysonian
Tennysonian Ten`ny*so"ni*an, a.
Of or pertaining to Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, the English poet
(1809-92); resembling, or having some of the characteristics
of, his poetry, as simplicity, pictorial quality,
sensuousness, etc.
Thomsonian
Thomsonian Thom*so"ni*an, a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to Thomsonianism. -- n. A believer in
Thomsonianism; one who practices Thomsonianism.
Thomsonianism
Thomsonianism Thom*so"ni*an*ism, n. (Med.)
An empirical system which assumes that the human body is
composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and
that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the
founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.
Meaning of Sonian from wikipedia
- The
Sonian Forest or
Sonian Wood (Dutch: Zoniënwoud, French: Forêt de Soignes,
pronounced [fɔ.ʁɛ d(ə) swaɲ]) is a 4,421-hectare (10,920-acre)
forest at...
- 1102
designating a
small hamlet at the
limit of what is
today known as the
Sonian Forest,
along a
major road
linking Brussels,
Genappe and a coal mine to...
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covers an area of 1.23 km2 (0.47 sq mi),
forming a
natural offshoot of the
Sonian Forest,
which penetrates deep into the city in the south-east of Brussels...
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vicinity including the
Sonian Forest and Meerdaal. As late as 1777, it was
still connected by a
woodland strip to the
Sonian Forest.
During World War...
- for the
local elite in Brussels. He is
considered to be a
member of the
Sonian Forest school of
landscape painters,
which included landscape painters such...
- old-growth
stand of
beech trees (****us sylvatica)
prepared to be
regenerated by
their saplings in the understory, in the
Brussels part of the
Sonian Forest....
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European Beeches (****aceae) in the
Sonian Forest, Belgium....
- The
Sonian Forest...
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Spiennes Tournai Cathedral Plantin-Moretus
Museum Maison Guiette Boat
Lifts Sonian Forest Spa
Wortel The
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural...
- low
ridge of Mont-Saint-Jean,
south of the
village of
Waterloo and the
Sonian Forest. Napoleon, with the reserves, made a late
start on 17 June and joined...
