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21201 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APPARITOR.2 (Noah Webster)
Among the Romans, any officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. In England, a messenger or officer who serves the process of a spiritual court, or a beadle in the university who carries the mace.
21202 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APPROPRIATE.6 (Noah Webster)
4. To sever an ecclesiastical benefice, and annex it to a spiritual corporation, sole or aggregate, being the patron of the living.
21203 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. APPROPRIATION.3 (Noah Webster)
… a spiritual corporation, sole or aggregate, being the patron of the living. For this purpose must be obtained the king’s license, the consent of the bishop …
21204 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ARCHDEACON.2 (Noah Webster)
… by spiritual censures.
21205 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ARCHES-COURT.1 (Noah Webster)
… principal spiritual courts are now held at Doctors’ Commons.
21206 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ARMOR.4 (Noah Webster)
2. In a spiritual sense, a good conscience, faith and Christian graces are called armor. Romans 13:12; Ephesians 6:11, 13; 2 Corinthians 6:7 .
21207 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ARRACK.1 (Noah Webster)
… . a spirituous liquor imported from the East Indies. The name is said to signify, in the East, any spirituous liquor; but that which usually bears this name is …
21208 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASPIRATION.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A breathing after; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly of spiritual blessings.
21209 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASPIRATION.4 (Noah Webster)
3. The act of aspiring or of ardently desiring what is noble or spiritual.
21210 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASPIRE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To desire with eagerness; to pant after an object, great, noble or spiritual; followed by to or after; as to aspire to a crown or after immortality.
21211 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ASPIRING.1 (Noah Webster)
ASPIRING, ppr. Desiring eagerly; aiming at something noble, great, or spiritual.
21212 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. AWAKE.10 (Noah Webster)
3. To rouse from spiritual sleep.
21213 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BARONY.1 (Noah Webster)
BARONY, n. The lordship, honor, or fee of a baron, whether spiritual or temporal. This lordship is held in chief of the king, and gives title to the possessor, or baron.
21214 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BEER.2 (Noah Webster)
… . A spirituous liquor made from any farinaceous grain; but generally from barley, which is first malted and ground, and its fermentable substance extracted …
21215 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BISHOP.2 (Noah Webster)
1. An overseer; a spiritual superintendent, ruler or director; applied to Christ.
21216 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BISHOP.4 (Noah Webster)
2. In the primitive church, a spiritual overseer; an elder or presbyter; one who had the pastoral care of a church.
21217 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BISHOP.8 (Noah Webster)
… the spiritual government and direction of a diocese. In Great Britain, bishops are nominated by the king, who, upon request of the dean and chapter, for leave …
21218 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BISHOPRIC.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The charge of instructing and governing in spiritual concerns; office. Acts 1:20 .
21219 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BITTERS.1 (Noah Webster)
BITTERS, n. A liquor in which bitter herbs or roots are steeped; generally a spirituous liquor, the bitter cause of intemperance, of disease, and of premature death!
21220 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. BLESSED.2 (Noah Webster)
BLESSED, a. Happy; prosperous in worldly affairs; enjoying spiritual happiness and the favor of God; enjoying heavenly felicity.