-ries18 definitions found -ries - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 : 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1. [1913 Webster] Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Signatory \Sig"na*to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of signatories. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter. --N. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Prothonotary \Pro*thon"o*ta*ry\ (pr[-o]*th[o^]n"[-o]*t[als]*r[y^]), or Protonotary \Pro*ton"o*ta*ry\ (pr[-o]*t[o^]n"[-o]*t[als]*r[y^]), n.; pl. -ries (pr[-o]*th[o^]n"[-o]*t[als]*r[i^]z). [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. [1913 Webster] 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 Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master.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. [1913 Webster] 3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. (Gr. Ch.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople. [1913 Webster] Prothonotary warbler (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster] Manufactory \Man`u*fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. [Cf. L. factorium an oil press, properly, place where something is made. See Manufacture.] 1. Manufacture. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory. [1913 Webster] Masticatory \Mas"ti*ca*to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. (Med.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Reformatory \Re*form"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries (-r?z). An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders. [1913 Webster] Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons. --Eng. Cyc. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Concessionary \Con*ces"sion*a*ry\, a. Of or pertaining to a concession. -- n.; pl. -ries. A concessionaire. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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. [1913 Webster] Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book. [1913 Webster] Stationary \Sta"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. -ries (-r[i^]z). One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is performed. [R.] --Dr. H. More. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] Bursary \Bur"sa*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. [LL. bursaria. See Bursar.] 1. The treasury of a college or monastery. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] |