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81Gone — Go Go, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[e^]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[o^]n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[=a]n, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[=e]n, g[=a]n, SW. g[*a], Dan. gaae; cf …
82Haranguer — Ha*rang uer (h[.a]*r[a^]ng [ e]r), n. One who harangues, or is fond of haranguing; a declaimer. [1913 Webster] With them join d all th haranguers of the throng, That thought to get preferment by the tongue. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
83Monastic dean — Dean Dean, n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See {Ten}, and cf. {Decemvir}.] 1. A dignitary… …
84Occasionally — Oc*ca sion*al*ly, adv. In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly. Stewart. [1913 Webster] The one, Wolsey, directly his subject by birth; the other, his subject occasionally by… …
85Parson — Par son, n. [OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person. See {Person}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate …
86Parson bird — Parson Par son, n. [OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone, F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L. persona a person. See {Person}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and… …
87Primitia — Pri*mi ti*a, n.; pl. {Primiti[ae]}({Primitias}, obs.). [L. primitiae, pl., fr. primus first. Cf. {Premices}.] (Eng. Law) The first fruit; the first year s whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment. [1913 Webster] The primitias of your… …
88Primitiae — Primitia Pri*mi ti*a, n.; pl. {Primiti[ae]}({Primitias}, obs.). [L. primitiae, pl., fr. primus first. Cf. {Premices}.] (Eng. Law) The first fruit; the first year s whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment. [1913 Webster] The primitias of your …
89Primitias — Primitia Pri*mi ti*a, n.; pl. {Primiti[ae]}({Primitias}, obs.). [L. primitiae, pl., fr. primus first. Cf. {Premices}.] (Eng. Law) The first fruit; the first year s whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment. [1913 Webster] The primitias of your …
90promotion — pro*mo tion (pr[ o]*m[=o] sh[u^]n), n. [L. promotio: cf. F. promotion.] The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act of exalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced, encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment.… …
