Word Meanings - HOLETHNIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race. The holethnic history of the Arians. London Academy.

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• PARENTHETIC; PARENTHETICAL
  1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark. A parenthetical observation of Moses himself. Hales. 2. Using or containing parentheses.
• PARENTHESIS
  One of the curved lines which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase. Note: Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a sentence which is inclosed within the recognized sign; but many phrases and sentences which are punctuated by commas
• PARENTATION
  Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies. Abp. Potter.
• LONDONISM
  A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.
• PARENT
  1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. 2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. Regular industry is the parent
• HOLETHNIC
  Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race. The holethnic history of the Arians. London Academy.
• ACADEMY
  1. A garden or grove near Athens , where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head. 2. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university.
• LONDONIZE
  To impart to a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.
• LONDON
  The capital city of England. London paste , a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. -- London pride. A garden name for Saxifraga umbrosa, a hardy perennial
• LONDONER
  A native or inhabitant of London. Shak.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• HOLETHNOS
  A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes.
• PARENTLESS
  Deprived of parents.
• PARENTHESIZE
  To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks. Lowell.
• HISTORY
  history, information, inquiry, fr. 'istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned, 1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record;
• PARENTAGE
  Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. "Wilt thou deny thy parentage" Shak. Though men esteem thee low of parentage. Milton.
• PARENTALLY
  In a parental manner.
• LONDON TUFT
  The Sweet William .
• PARENTICIDE
  1. The act of one who kills one's own parent. 2. One who kills one's own parent; a parricide.
• PARENTHETICALLY
  In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses.
• TRANSPARENT
  transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
• APPARENTLY
  1. Visibly. Hobbes. 2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak. 3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
• SUBTRANSPARENT
  Not perfectly transparent.
• APPARENT
  1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton. 2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.