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Word Meanings - CONSUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of the two chief magistrates of the republic. Note: They were chosen annually, originally from the patricians only, but later from the plebeians also. 2. A senator; a counselor. Many of the consuls, raised and met, Are at the duke's already.

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One of the two chief magistrates of the republic. Note: They were chosen annually, originally from the patricians only, but later from the plebeians also. 2. A senator; a counselor. Many of the consuls, raised and met, Are at the duke's already. Shak. With kings and consuls of the earth. Job. iii. 14

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  • CHIEFLESS
    Without a chief or leader.
  • LATERAN
    The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world. Note: The name is said to have been derived from that of the Laterani family, who possessed
  • RAISE
    To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. Burrill. To raise a blockade , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
  • LATERAL
    Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial. 3. Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. Lateral cleavage , cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. -- Lateral equation
  • RAISED
    1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work. 2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. Raised
  • SENATORIAL
    1. Of or pertaining to a senator, or a senate; becoming to a senator, or a senate; as, senatorial duties; senatorial dignity. 2. Entitled to elect a senator, or by senators; as, the senatorial districts of a State.
  • LATERALLY
    By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
  • CHIEFEST
    First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10.
  • RAIS
    See REIS
  • LATER
    A brick or tile. Knight.
  • COUNSELOR
    conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium 1. One who counsels; an adviser. Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no Shak. 2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign
  • RAISING
    1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life. 2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. 3. The operation of embossing sheet metal,
  • LATERIFOLIOUS
    Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious flower.
  • CONSULSHIP
    1. The office of a consul; consulate. 2. The term of office of a consul.
  • SENATOR
    A member of the king's council; a king's councilor. Burrill. (more info) 1. A member of a senate. The duke and senators of Venice greet you. Shak. Note: In the United States, each State sends two senators for a term of six years to the national
  • ALREADY
    Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. "Joseph was in Egypt already." Exod. i. 5. I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12. Note: It has reference to past time, but may be used
  • CHIEF JUSTICE
    The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief
  • SENATORIAN
    Senatorial. De Quincey.
  • CHIEF HARE
    A small rodent inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyidæ.
  • RAISER
    One who, or that which, raises .
  • APPRAISER
    One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
  • LIVRAISON
    A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
  • SEMIANNUALLY
    Every half year.
  • HEBRAIST
    One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.
  • ABORIGINALLY
    Primarily.
  • MISRAISE
    To raise or exite unreasonable. "Misraised fury." Bp. Hall.
  • PRAISEWORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
  • KERCHIEF
    couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + 1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in
  • SLATER
    One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
  • MISCHIEF
    + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by
  • KARAISM
    Doctrines of the Karaites.
  • FRAISE
    A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. Johnson.
  • ENKERCHIEFED
    Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.

 

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