catholicity (katholisiti)

[ IMG:content-3293.png:[blocks in formation] And from the alder's crown Swing the long catkins brown. ally tea), fit only to give to cats. cat-like (kat'lik), a . [ cat1 + like .] Like a cat; feline; watchful; stealthy. Lay couching, head on ground, with catlike watch. Shak., As you Like it, iv. 3. catling (kat'ling), n. [ cat1 + dim. -ling . Cf. kitling .] 1. A little cat; a kitten. For never cat nor catling I shall find, But mew shall they in Pluto's palace blind. Drummond , Phillis on the Death of her Sparrow. IMG:content-3294.png:[blocks in formation] catholicos, catholic us (ka-thol'i-kos, -kus), n. [ML., usually catholic us , καθολικός , a pro- curator, a prelate (see def.), prop. adj., Gr. καθολικός, general, universal: see catholic .] 1. In the later Roman empire, a receiver-general or deputy-receiver in a civil diocese.-2. Ec- cles ., in Oriental countries: (a) A primate hav- ing under him metropolitans, but himself sub-cat-nap (kat'nap), n. A short light sleep; a ject to a patriarch. (b) The head of an inde- pendent or schismatic communion. The general force of the title seems to have been that of a super in ten- dent-general of mi ions or of churches on and beyond the borders of the Roman empire. It is also the title of the head of the Armenian Church, and has been used by the Jacobites, and for the metran of Ethiopia (Aby in i a). See maphrian . The Archbishop Peter a umed the title of Catholicos of Mtskétha and all Georgia. J. M. Neale , Eastern Church, i. 62. Malabar catmint is An i some les Mala baric a , a similar lab i- ate, used by the natives of India as a tonic and febrifuge. Also catnip . IMG:content-3295.png:[blocks in formation] Catodontidæ (kat-ō-don'ti-dē), n . pl . [NL., Catodon (t-), 1, + -ida . ] A family of cetaceans, named from the genus Catodon , now usually called Physeterida ; the sperm-whales or ca- chalots. Catometopa (kat-o-met'ō-pä), n. pl . Same as Cat a me top a . cat-o'-mountain (kat'ō-moun' tận), n. Same IMG:content-3296.png:[blocks in formation] catnar (kat'när), n. A cla of sweet wines, orated with catooses. See cro catoosed , under both red and white, produced in Moldavia. Also spelled cotnar . IMG:content-3297.png:[blocks in formation] Catilinarian (kat i-li-nā'ri-an), a . and n. [ Catilinarius , Catilina , a proper name, orig. dim. adj., cat us , sharp, shrewd, cunning.] I. a . Pertaining to Cat i line (died 62 в. с.), а Roman conspirator: as, the Catilinarian war. IMG:content-3298.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] catkin (kat'kin), n. [= MD. kat- teken = G. kätzchen , catkin, lit. a little cat (cf. D. katje , F. chat and chaton , E. cattail , catkin), in allusion to its resemblance to a cat's tail; cat1 + dim. -kin. Cf. catling, 3.] In bot ., a scaly spike of unisexual flowers, usual- ly deciduous after flowering or fruiting, as in the willow and birch; an ament. Also called pumila). cattail . catmint , the syllable -nip not having any obvi- ous meaning. Hardly connected with the L. name nepeta , catmint.] Same as catmint . cat-nut (kat'nut), n. The round tuberous root Catoblepas (ka-tob'le-pas), n. [NL. (Hamil- ton Smith, 1827), catoblepas (Pliny), κατῶβλεψ , also κατωβλέπων, -βλέπον (with ppr. suffix), name of an African animal, perhaps the IMG:content-3299.png:[blocks in formation] κατά , prep., down: see cat a- ), + βλέπειν , look.] A genus of ruminating quadrupeds, with large soft muzzle, and horns bent down and again turned up. It belongs to the antelope subfam- ily, and contains the gnu of South Africa: same as Connochates. See cut under gnu . catocathartic (kat"ō-ka-thär tik), a . and n. [ κάτω , down, + καθαρτικός , cathartic.] I. a . Purging downward, or producing alvine dis- Catoptric cistula, a box with several sides lined with charges. II. n. A purging medicine; a cathartic. catochet, catochust, n. [ κατέχειν , hold down, κατά , down, + έχειν , hold.] A var i- ety of catalepsy in which the body is kept rigid. Catodon (kat'ō-don), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1735): see catodont .] 1. A genus of cetaceans; the sperm-whales: so called from having under teeth only, or teeth only in the lower jaw:now superseded by Physeter . The sperm-whale or cacha- lot, formerly Physeter catodon , or Catodon macrocephalus , is now usually called Physeter macrocephalus . 2. A genus of ophidians, giving name to the Catodonta. Duméril and Bibron , 1844. male; b, b fe male. IMG:content-3300.png:[merged small][merged small][graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][merged small] IMG:content-3301.png:[blocks in formation] catoptric ally (ka-top'tri-kal-i), adv. In a catoptric manner; by reflection.