lignitic

[Eng. lignit (e); -ic.] Containing or resembling lignite; of the nature of lignite. lignitic-series, s. Geol.: A term applied to a series of beds in the Rocky Mountain region resting on Cretaceous rocks, and overlaid by Eocene. So called from the fact of its containing beds of lignite. lig-nit-if-er-ous, a . [Eng. lignite ; Lat. fero= to bear, to produce, and Eng. adj. suff. -ous .] Producing or containing lignite. IMG:content-0562.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0563.png:[blocks in formation] Ch. Hist. ( pl .) : A popular name for the Redemptorists (g.v.), derived from their founder, St. Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori. "The members of which are commonly known in some countries as Ligorians."- Addis & Arnold: Cath. Dict., p. 710. B. As adj .: Belonging to or in any way connected with the Redemptorists or St. Alphonsus Liguori. Chiefly employed in the term Liguorian-theology. Liguorian-theology, s. Ch. Hist .: The same as LIGUORIANISM (Q.V.). Li-guör-i-an-işm, s. [For etym, see extract.] Ch. Hist .: (See extract.) [PROBABILISM.] "The name Liguorianism has been popularly given in the present century to a particular school of moral and devotional theology in the Roman Catholic Church by the controversial opponents of that school, whether them Bot .: Wood; that part of arborescent plants selves Roman Catholics or not. It is derived from the which contains the albur- num and the duramen.