legitimism

[Eng. legitim(e); -ism.] The principles or views advocated by the legitimists. le-git-i-mist, s. [Fr. légitimiste, from Latin legitim us legitimate (q. v.).] 1. Gen.: One who advocates and supports legitimate authority; one who supports the doctrine of hereditary monarchical government and divine right. 2. Spec .: An adherent or supporter of the elder branch of the Bourbon family, driven from the throne of France in 1830. gravity 7.804 to 7.876. Color, lead and steel-gray, iron-black; brittle. Composition: Selenide of lead and mercury, represented by the formula PbSe with HgSe. From Lehrbach and Tilkerode, Harz. le-hunt-ite, s. [Named after Capt. Lehunt, by Thomson: suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: Natrolite (q. v.), from Glenarm, County A. As adj .: Belonging to, characteristic of, or in any way connected with the teaching of Gottfried Wilhelm v. Leibniz (usually written Leibnitz, to preserve the German pronunciation), born at Leip- zig, June 21, 1646, died at Hanover, Nov. 14, 1716. B. As subst.: One who accepts the teaching of Leibnitz; a follower of Leibnitz. "The next problem, however, was not the refutation, but the systematization of the Leibnitzian conceptions. The work was undertaken with decided talent, in def a tig a- ble industry, and very considerable result by Christian Wolff, so that nearly all disciples of Leibnitz in Germany stood also under his influence, and the school was, and is Veberweg: Hist . Phil ., ii. 114. legumen-lomentaceum, s. [LOMENT.] lěg-u-min, leg-u-mine, s . [English, ., legu still, commonly designated as the Leibnitzo - Wolfflan ."- IMG:content-0477.png:[blocks in formation] Palæont .: A genus of Mosasaur ous Reptiles from the Cretaceous rocks. lei-o-thrix, s. [Prefix leio- ; Gr. thrix (gen it. trichos )=hair.] Ornith.: A genus of Ampelide (Chatterers), sub. family Pachycephaline (Thick-heads). They are found in India, where they carefully examine birds black spotted with yellow. leguminous-plants, s. pl. Bot.: The English name for the great order Legufor any insects inhabiting them. Their eggs are minose, or Fabacee (q. v.). Path .: A fainting fit, a swoon. lei-pô-thym-ic, lei-poth-ym-ous, a. [Mod. Lat. leipothym ( ia ); Eng. suff. -ic , -ous .] Pathology : 1. Of or belonging to a fainting fit. 2. Subject to fainting fits. of either sex, a gallant, a mistre : originally used in a good sense, but afterward usually in a bad. le-măn-ě-a, s. [Named after M. Leman, a French botanist.] lemanidæ