Homiletics

WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

homiletics n 1: the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies 2: the art of preaching

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

homiletics noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1830 the art of preaching

Propitious

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Propitious PROPI'TIOUS, a. [L.propitius.] Favorable; kind; applied to men.
1. Disposed to be gracious or merciful; ready to forgive sins and bestow blessings; applied to God.
2. Favorable; as a propitious season.

Impecunious

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Impecunious \Im"pe*cu"ni*ous\, a. [L. im- not + pecunia money: cf. F. imp['e]cunieux.] Not having money; habitually without money; poor. An impecunious creature. --B. Jonson.

Contrarious

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Contrarious \Con*tra"ri*ous\, a. [LL. contrariosus: cf. OF. contrarios contralius.] Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse. [Archaic] --Milton. She flew contrarious in the face of God. --Mrs. Browning.

Eleemosynary

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Eleemosynary ELEEMOS'YNARY, a. [Gr. alms, to pity, compassion.]
1. Given in charity; given or appropriated to support the poor; as eleemosynary rents or taxes.
2. Relating to charitable donations; intended for the distribution of alms, or for the use and management of donations, whether for the subsistence of the poor or for the support and promotion of learning; as an eleemosynary corporation. A hospital founded by charity is an eleemosynary institution for the support of the poor, sick and impotent; a college founded by donations is an eleemosynary institution for the promotion of learning. The corporation entrusted with the care of such institutions is eleemosynary.
ELEEMOS'YNARY, n. One who subsists on charity.

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WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)

eleemosynary adj 1: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]

Vermiculation

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Vermiculation VERMICULA'TION, n.
1. The act or operation of moving in the form of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another, as in the peristaltic motion of the intestines.
2. The act of forming so as to resemble the motion of a worm.

Vesture

Websters 1828 Dictionary

Vesture VEST'URE, n. [See Vest.]
1. A garment; a robe.
There polish'd chests embroider'd vesture grac'd.
2. Dress; garments in general; habit; clothing; vestment; as the vesture of priests.
3. Clothing; covering.
Rocks, precipices and gulfs appareled with a vesture of plants.
- And gild the humble vestures of the plain.
4. In old law books, the corn with which land was covered; as the vesture of an acre.
5. In old books, seisin; possession. Obs.