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adj
noun
verb
noun
- (Christianity) A daily service without the eucharist.
- (computing) A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:
- (figuratively, in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly:
- A position of responsibility.
- (Christianity) Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin.
- (Christianity) The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church.
- (Christianity) Last rites.
- (figuratively, slang) Inside information.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for selling services or tickets to the public.
- (UK law, historical) Clipping of inquest of office:
- (Protestantism) Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for administration and bookkeeping.
- (Catholicism) The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons.
- (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
- (UK, Australia, usually capitalized, with clarifying modifier) A ministry or other department of government.
- A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral duty.
- A particular place of business of a larger white-collar business.
- Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
- (figuratively) The staff of such places.
- (chiefly US, medicine) A room, set of rooms, or building used for consultation and diagnosis, but not surgery or other major procedures.
- (Catholicism, usually capitalized) Short for Holy Office: the court of final appeal in cases of heresy.
- (religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
- place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
- an administrative unit of government
- professional or clerical workers in an office
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- a job in an organization
- a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
verb
noun
- (by extension) A Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted.
- (Christianity) A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper of Christ, with the physical forms of bread and usually wine which are believed by certain denominations to become Christ himself or to host his spiritual presence.
- The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.
- a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
noun
adj
- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
verb
noun
- A form of purgatory.
- The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
- The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
- the state of being disregarded or forgotten
- total forgetfulness
verb
noun
- (archaic outside Eastern Orthodoxy) A sacrament.
- A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
- (Catholicism) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
- A mystery play.
- (chiefly in the plural) A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.
- An account, story, book, film, or play, often with the theme of crime or murder, with a surprise ending that explains all the strange events that have occurred.
- Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
- Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
- a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
noun
- (Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
- (arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).
- A small amount.
- (chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
- A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
- a small part or item forming a piece of a whole
- the quotient of two rational numbers
- a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process
verb
noun
- A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
- (UK, pre-1992 universities, Commonwealth) Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
- (England) Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
- (now proscribed) Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”).
- (US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
- (Hong Kong) A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
- (India, Pakistan) A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.
- the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
- a statute enacted by a city government
- an authoritative command
noun
- (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Purgatory.
- Any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption.
- (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
- a temporary condition of torment or suffering
adj
verb
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- kill or destroy
noun
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
noun
- (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- A large quantity; a sum.
- (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
- A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
- (Christianity, by extension) The main kind of church service, in some denominations.
- (pharmacology) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills.
- A large body of individuals, especially persons.
- The principal part; the main body.
- (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
- (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
- a body of matter without definite shape
- the common people generally
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adj
verb
noun
- (Christianity) Holy Communion; the Eucharist.
- (Roman Catholicism) A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Catholic Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.
- A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
- A denomination; a high-level organised subgrouping of Christianity (now especially in Anglican Communion)
- (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites
- sharing thoughts and feelings
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- give a benediction to
- confer prosperity or happiness on
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- (Philippines) To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
- (MTE, slang) To give or send.
- (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (transitive) To approve of or assent to.
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
intj
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- appoint to a clerical posts
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- dedicate to a deity by a vow
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.
- (transitive) To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.
- (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
adj
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- give religious sanction to, such as through an oath
- make pure or free from sin or guilt
- (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
- (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.
- (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
- (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
noun
- a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
- (philosophy) The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.
- (Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
- A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
verb
- (Christianity, intransitive) To receive the communion.
- To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
- (intransitive, followed by with) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
- receive Communion, in the Catholic church
- communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity
noun
- A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
- A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
- (historical) A self-governing city or league of citizens.
- a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
- the smallest administrative district of several European countries
noun
- (religion) The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically:
- (Christianity, usually capitalized) The abode of God and of the angels and saints in His presence.
- (Christianity, Islam) Paradise, the afterlife of the souls who are not sent to a place of punishment or purification such as hell, purgatory, or limbo; the state or condition of being in the presence of God after death.
- (religion, by extension, often capitalized) The abode of the Abrahamic God; similar abodes of the gods in other religions and traditions, such as Mount Olympus.
- (religion, by extension, often capitalized) The afterlife of the blessed dead in other religions and traditions, such as the Pure Land or Elysium.
- (by extension) Any paradise; any blissful place or experience.
- (by extension, usually capitalized) Providence, the will of God or the council of the gods; fate.
- (informal, with a modifier) Similarly blissful afterlives, places, or states for particular people, animals, or objects.
- (by extension) A state of bliss; a peaceful ecstasy.
- any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
noun
- A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).
- Any instrument of self-punishment.
- A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
- voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
- a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- remorse for your past conduct
verb
verb
- (transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
- (transitive) To show to the public for the first time.
- (transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
- (transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action.
- (transitive) To open (a building, for example) to public use.
- (transitive) To set apart for a special use.
- set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
- open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- inscribe or address by way of compliment
noun
noun
- (in particular) The Eucharist.
- The consecrated Eucharist (especially the bread).
- (Christianity) A sacred act and the attendant ceremony, considered (theology) an outward sign of divine grace, instituted by Jesus Christ.
- (Ancient Rome) The oath of allegiance taken by soldiers in Ancient Rome; hence, any sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
- (by extension) Anything regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance.
- a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
verb
noun
- (Christianity) A daily service without the eucharist.
- (computing) A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:
- (figuratively, in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly:
- A position of responsibility.
- (Christianity) Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin.
- (Christianity) The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church.
- (Christianity) Last rites.
- (figuratively, slang) Inside information.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for selling services or tickets to the public.
- (UK law, historical) Clipping of inquest of office:
- (Protestantism) Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for administration and bookkeeping.
- (Catholicism) The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons.
- (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
- (UK, Australia, usually capitalized, with clarifying modifier) A ministry or other department of government.
- A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral duty.
- A particular place of business of a larger white-collar business.
- Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
- (figuratively) The staff of such places.
- (chiefly US, medicine) A room, set of rooms, or building used for consultation and diagnosis, but not surgery or other major procedures.
- (Catholicism, usually capitalized) Short for Holy Office: the court of final appeal in cases of heresy.
- (religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
- place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
- an administrative unit of government
- professional or clerical workers in an office
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- a job in an organization
- a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
verb
noun
- (by extension) A Christian religious service in which this sacrament is enacted.
- (Christianity) A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper of Christ, with the physical forms of bread and usually wine which are believed by certain denominations to become Christ himself or to host his spiritual presence.
- The substances received during this sacrament, namely the bread and wine, seen as Christ’s body and blood.
- a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
noun
noun
- A form of purgatory.
- The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
- The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
- the state of being disregarded or forgotten
- total forgetfulness
verb
noun
- (archaic outside Eastern Orthodoxy) A sacrament.
- A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid).
- (Catholicism) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.
- A mystery play.
- (chiefly in the plural) A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation.
- An account, story, book, film, or play, often with the theme of crime or murder, with a surprise ending that explains all the strange events that have occurred.
- Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
- Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
- a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
noun
- (Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.
- (arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).
- A small amount.
- (chemistry) A component of a mixture, separated by fractionation.
- A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
- a small part or item forming a piece of a whole
- the quotient of two rational numbers
- a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process
verb
noun
- A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.
- (UK, pre-1992 universities, Commonwealth) Detailed legislation that translates the broad principles of the university's charter and statutes into practical effect.
- (England) Prior to the Third English Civil War, a decree of Parliament.
- (now proscribed) Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”).
- (US) A local law, passed by e.g. a city.
- (Hong Kong) A law enacted by the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
- (India, Pakistan) A temporary legislation promulgated by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.
- the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
- a statute enacted by a city government
- an authoritative command
noun
- (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Purgatory.
- Any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption.
- (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
- a temporary condition of torment or suffering
adj
noun
- (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- A large quantity; a sum.
- (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
- A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
- (Christianity, by extension) The main kind of church service, in some denominations.
- (pharmacology) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills.
- A large body of individuals, especially persons.
- The principal part; the main body.
- (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
- (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
- a body of matter without definite shape
- the common people generally
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adj
verb
noun
- (Christianity) Holy Communion; the Eucharist.
- (Roman Catholicism) A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Catholic Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.
- A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
- A denomination; a high-level organised subgrouping of Christianity (now especially in Anglican Communion)
- (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites
- sharing thoughts and feelings
noun
- a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
- (philosophy) The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.
- (Christianity) A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
- A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
noun
- (religion) The afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust (compare hell); specifically:
- (Christianity, usually capitalized) The abode of God and of the angels and saints in His presence.
- (Christianity, Islam) Paradise, the afterlife of the souls who are not sent to a place of punishment or purification such as hell, purgatory, or limbo; the state or condition of being in the presence of God after death.
- (religion, by extension, often capitalized) The abode of the Abrahamic God; similar abodes of the gods in other religions and traditions, such as Mount Olympus.
- (religion, by extension, often capitalized) The afterlife of the blessed dead in other religions and traditions, such as the Pure Land or Elysium.
- (by extension) Any paradise; any blissful place or experience.
- (by extension, usually capitalized) Providence, the will of God or the council of the gods; fate.
- (informal, with a modifier) Similarly blissful afterlives, places, or states for particular people, animals, or objects.
- (by extension) A state of bliss; a peaceful ecstasy.
- any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
noun
- A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).
- Any instrument of self-punishment.
- A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
- voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing
- a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution
- remorse for your past conduct
verb
noun
- (in particular) The Eucharist.
- The consecrated Eucharist (especially the bread).
- (Christianity) A sacred act and the attendant ceremony, considered (theology) an outward sign of divine grace, instituted by Jesus Christ.
- (Ancient Rome) The oath of allegiance taken by soldiers in Ancient Rome; hence, any sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
- (by extension) Anything regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance.
- a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction
verb
verb
- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
- (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (sciences), to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- kill or destroy
noun
- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see etymology 1 sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
- Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- (by extension) The rite of Holy Communion or the Mass, regarded as (Protestantism) an offering of thanksgiving to God for Christ's crucifixion, or (Roman Catholicism) a perpetual re-presentation of Christ's sacrificial offering.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- (baseball) Ellipsis of sacrifice bunt or sacrifice hit (“a play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners”).
- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
- (figurative) The offering of devotion, penitence, prayer, thanksgiving, etc., to a deity.
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- give a benediction to
- confer prosperity or happiness on
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- (Christianity) To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- (Philippines) To perform the mano gesture; taking of an elder's hand to press it to one's forehead or kiss it (as a sign of respect)
- (MTE, slang) To give or send.
- (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (transitive) To approve of or assent to.
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
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verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- appoint to a clerical posts
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- dedicate to a deity by a vow
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism, specifically) To ordain as a bishop.
- (transitive) To commit (oneself or one's time) solemnly to some aim or task.
- (transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
adj
verb
- render holy by means of religious rites
- give religious sanction to, such as through an oath
- make pure or free from sin or guilt
- (transitive) To free from sin; to purify.
- (transitive) To endorse with religious sanction.
- (transitive) To make acceptable or useful under religious law or practice.
- (transitive) To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
verb
- (Christianity, intransitive) To receive the communion.
- To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
- (intransitive, followed by with) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
- receive Communion, in the Catholic church
- communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity
noun
- A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
- A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
- (historical) A self-governing city or league of citizens.
- a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
- the smallest administrative district of several European countries
verb
- (transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
- (transitive) To show to the public for the first time.
- (transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
- (transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action.
- (transitive) To open (a building, for example) to public use.
- (transitive) To set apart for a special use.
- set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
- open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- inscribe or address by way of compliment
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- (Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
- (figurative) Athirst, eager.
- (poker) Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
- Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
- (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
- (aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
- Lacking interest, boring.
- (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
- In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
- Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
- Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
- (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
- (wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
- Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
- (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
- (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
- (Malaysia, Singapore, of noodles) Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup.
- Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
- (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
- Free from or lacking moisture.
- (sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
- having no adornment or coloration
- having a large proportion of strong liquor
- unproductive especially of the expected results
- lacking moisture or volatile components
- not producing milk
- used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- without a mucous or watery discharge
- free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- not shedding tears
- humorously sarcastic or mocking
noun
- (Australia) An area of waterless country.
- (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
- (British, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
- (chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
- Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
- An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- The process by which something is dried.
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages