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19 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lachrymatory \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl -{ries}. [Cf. F. lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.) A ``tear-bottle;'' a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it Called also {lachrymal} or {lacrymal}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lectionary \Lec"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl {-ries}. [LL. lectionarium lectionarius : cf F. lectionnaire.] (Eccl.) A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Limitary \Lim"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl {-ries} (-r[i^]z). 1. That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [Obs.] --Fuller. 2. A limiter. See {Limiter}, 2. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Responsory \Re*spon"so*ry\, n.; pl {-ries} (-r?z). [LL. responsorium.] 1. (Eccl.) a The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service. b A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain. Which if should repeat again would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. --Milton. 2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sacramentary \Sac`ra*men"ta*ry\, n.; pl {-ries}. [LL. sacramentarium: cf F. sacramentaire.] 1. An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius and revised corrected, and abridged by St Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany. 2. Same as {Sacramentarian}, n., 1. Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries --Jer. Taylor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Concessionary \Con*ces"sion*a*ry\, a. Of or pertaining to a concession. -- n.; pl {-ries}. A concessionaire. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fumatory \Fu"ma*to*ry\, a. [See {Fumatorium}.] Pert. to or concerned with smoking. -- n.; pl {-ries}. A place for subjecting things to smoke or vapor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Signatory \Sig"na*to*ry\, n.; pl {-ries}. A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as a conference of signatories. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ostiary \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ossuary \Os"su*a*ry\, n.; pl {-ries}. [L. ossuarium, fr ossuarius of or bones, fr os ossis, bone: cf F. ossuaire.] A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stationary \Sta"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl {-ries}. One who or that which is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion. --Holland. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stillatory \Stil"la*to*ry\, n.; pl {-ries}. [From {Still}, for distill. Cf {Still}, n., and {Distillatory}, a.] 1. An alembic; a vessel for distillation. [R.] --Bacon. 2. A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is performed. [R.] --Dr. H. More --Sir H. Wotton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prothonotary \Pro*thon"o*ta*ry\, or Protonotary \Pro*ton"o*ta*ry\, n.; pl> {-ries}. [LL. protonotarius fr Gr prw^tos first + L. notarius a shorthand writer, a scribe: cf F. protonotaire.] 1. A chief notary or clerk. `` My private prothonotary.'' --Herrick. 2. Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master. [Eng.] --Wharton. Burrill 3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States. 4. (R. C. Ch.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications. 5. (Gr. Ch.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople. {Prothonotary warbler} (Zo["o]l.), a small American warbler ({Protonotaria citrea}). The general color is golden yellow, the back is olivaceous, the rump and tail are ash-color, several outer tail feathers are partly white. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reformatory \Re*form"a*to*ry\, n.; pl {-ries} (-r?z). An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders. Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons. --Eng. Cyc. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Refrigeratory \Re*frig"er*a*to*ry\, n.; pl {-ries} (-fr?z). [CF. F. r['e]frig['e]ratoire.] That which refrigerates or cools. Specifically: a In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby condensed. b The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reliquary \Rel"i*qua*ry\ (r?l"?-kw?-r?), n.; pl {-ries} (-r[i^]z). [LL. reliquiarium reliquiare: cf F. reliquaire See {Relic}.] A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Manufactory \Man`u*fac"to*ry\, n.; pl {-ries}. [Cf. L. factorium an oil press, prop., place where something is made See {Manufacture}.] 1. Manufacture. [Obs.] 2. A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bursary \Bur"sa*ry\, n.; pl {-ries}. [LL. bursaria See {Bursar}.] 1. The treasury of a college or monastery. 2. A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies. ``No woman of rank or fortune but would have a bursary in her gift.'' --Southey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Masticatory \Mas"ti*ca*to*ry\, n.; pl {-ries}. (Med.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva. --Bacon.
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