n. [ L. abecedarius. A word from the first four letters of the alphabet. ] 1. One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One engaged in teaching the alphabet. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abecedarian psalms,
hymns, etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any sea anemone or related animal.
Syn. -- actinia, actinian [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Formed fr. L. adesse to be present; ad + esse to be. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. agrarius, fr. ager field. ] 1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens. [ 1913 Webster ]

His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An agrarian law. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An equal agrarian is perpetual law. Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian. Abp. Sancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Statistics) a statistical technique by which the results of an observation or experiment are analyzed to determine the relative contributions of the different possible causative factors or variables to the outcome. Abbreviated ANOVA. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. opposed to authoritarian government. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; -- used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to disestablishmentarianism. [ PJC ]

a. [ See Antiquary ]. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An antiquary. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act the part of an antiquary. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An admirer of antiquity. [ Used by Milton in a disparaging sense. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds to no particular creed or dogma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to bees. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo. ] (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to an aquarium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. (assumed) Aquarianus, fr. aqua: cf. F. Aquarien. See Aqua. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the Lord's Supper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Ethnol.) See Aryan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Arianus. ] Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings. -- n. One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius. Mosheim. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrines of the Arians. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To convert to Arianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Welsh mythology) a goddess famous for her beauty; the mother of Dylan.
Syn. -- Arianrhod. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. I. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ LL. atrabilarius, fr. L. atra bilis black bile: cf. F. atrabilaire, fr. atrabile. ] Affected with melancholy; atrabilious. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who attitudinizes; a posture maker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A practicing of attitudes; posture making. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aula hall. Cf. LL. aularis of a court. ] Relating to a hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; -- of governments or rulers; as, an authoritarian regime
Syn. -- autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 expecting unquestioning obedience: "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
Syn. -- dictatorial, overbearing [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 behaves like a tyrant.
Syn. -- dictator [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Barbarous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A foreigner. [ Historical ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. 1 Cor. xiv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A man in a rude, savage, or uncivilized state. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person destitute of culture. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. “Thou fell barbarian.” Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, or pertaining to, or resembling, barbarians; rude; uncivilized; barbarous; as, barbarian governments or nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Bavaria. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Bavaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bavarian cream. See under Cream. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. Caesareus, Caesarianus. ] Of or pertaining to Cæsar or the Cæsars; imperial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. campanula a bell. ] (Zool.) A hydroid of the family Campanularidæ, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. catenarius, fr. catena a chain. See Chain. ] Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Catilinarius. ] Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to a hundred years. -- n. A person a hundred years old. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercariæ. -- n. One of the Cercariæ. [ 1913 Webster ]