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Bestiary
Bestiary Bes"ti*a*ry, n. [LL. bestiarium, fr. L. bestiarius
pert. to beasts, fr. bestia beast: cf. F. bestiaire.]
A treatise on beasts; esp., one of the moralizing or
allegorical beast tales written in the Middle Ages.
A bestiary . . . in itself one of the numerous
medi[ae]val renderings of the fantastic mystical
zo["o]logy. --Saintsbury.
Evidentiary
Evidentiary Ev`i*den"ti*a*ry, a.
Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential.
When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be
evidentiary of, a mark of, some other fact. --J. S.
Mill.
Intelligentiary
Intelligentiary In*tel`li*gen"tia*ry, n.
One who gives information; an intelligencer. [Obs.]
--Holinshed.
OstiaryOstiary Os"ti*a*ry, n.; pl. -ries. [L. ostium door,
entrance. See Usher.]
1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a
porter. --N. Bacon. Penitentiaryship
Penitentiaryship Pen`i*ten"tia*ry*ship, n.
The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.
[R.] --Wood.
Plenipotentiary
Plenipotentiary Plen`i*po*ten"ti*a*ry, a.
Containing or conferring full power; invested with full
power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary
ministers. --Howell.
Posttertiary
Posttertiary Post*ter"ti*a*ry, a. [Pref. post- + tertiary.]
(Geol.)
Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary.
Pretertiary
Pretertiary Pre*ter"ti*a*ry, a. (Geol.)
Earlier than Tertiary.
Residentiary
Residentiary Res`i*den"tia*ry (-d?n"sh?-r?; 277), a. [LL.
residentiaris.]
Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary
guardian. --Dr. H. More.
Residentiary
Residentiary Res`i*den"tia*ry, n.
1. One who is resident.
The residentiary, or the frequent visitor of the
favored spot, . . . will discover that both have
been there. --Coleridge.
2. An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.
Syn: Inhabitant; inhabiter; dweller; sojourner.
Residentiaryship
Residentiaryship Res`i*den"tia*ry*ship, n.
The office or condition of a residentiary.
RetiaryRetiary Re"ti*a*ry, n. [See Retiarius.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
2. A retiarius. Retiary
Retiary Re`ti*a*ry, a. [Cf. LL. retiarius.]
1. Netlike.
This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. --Sir
T. Browne.
2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; --
said of certain spiders.
3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle.
Scholastic retiary versatility of logic.
--Coleridge.
RevestiaryRevestiary Re*ves"ti*a*ry, n. [LL. revestiarium: cf. F.
revestiaire. See Revest.]
The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments,
etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry. Sententiary
Sententiary Sen*ten"ti*ary, n. [LL. sententiarius.]
One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of
Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris (1159-1160), a school divine.
--R. Henry.
SilentiarySilentiary Si*len"ti*a*ry (s[-i]*l[e^]n"sh[i^]*[asl]*r[y^]),
n. [L. silentiarius: cf. F. silenciaire. See Silence.]
One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one
sworn not to divulge secrets of state. TertiaryTertiary Ter"ti*a*ry, n.; pl. Tertiaries.
1. (R. C. Ch.) A member of the Third Order in any monastic
system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican
tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order,
under Third. --Addis & Arnold.
2. (Geol.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation.
3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon
the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of
Bird. TertiaryTertiary Ter"ti*a*ry, a. [L. tertiarius containing a third
part, fr. tertius third: cf. F. tertiaire. See Tierce.]
1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a
tertiary use of a word. --Trench.
2. (Chem.) Possessing some quality in the third degree;
having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms
or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf.
Primary, and Secondary. VestiaryVestiary Ves"ti*a*ry, n. [L. vestiarium. See Vestry.]
A wardrobe; a robing room; a vestry. --Fuller. Vestiary
Vestiary Ves"ti*a*ry, a.
Pertaining to clothes, or vestments.
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