superaltar

[Pref. super-, and English altar (q. v.).] Ecclesiology: 1. A portable altar-stone, ble ed, and let into a wooden altar-frame. This was the general form of altar in use in England in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. 2. A shelf or ledge behind or upon an altar, for holding candles or vases. More properly called a Retable. *sū-per-ăn-gel-ic, a. [Pref. super- , and Eng. angelic (q. v.).] More than angelic; having a nature, being, or existence superior to that of the angels; relating to or connected with the world beyond that of the angels. *su-per-ăn-nāte, v. i. [Latin super annat us = that has lived beyond a year: super =above, beyond, and ann us a year.] To live beyond the year. (Used of annual plants.) "Note, that the dying, in the winter, of the roots of plants, that are annuall, seemeth to be partly caused by the over-expence of the sap into stalk and leaves; which, being prevented, they will super ann ate , if they stand warm."- Bacon : Nat . Hist ., § 448. sū-per-ăn-nu-āte, v. i. & t. [SUPER ANN ATE.] *A. Intransitive: 1. To live beyond the year; to super ann ate. 2. To become impaired, weakened, or disabled by length of years; to live until weakened, disabled, or usele . "This goodly ancient city methinks looks like a disconsolate widow, or rather some superannuated virgin that hath lost her lover." -Howell : Letters , bk. i., let. 12. IMG:content-0584.png:[blocks in formation] "To think that this religion can be ever superannuated."-More: Def. of Moral Cavbala, ch. iii. sū-per-ăn-nu-ā-tion, s. [SUPERANNUATE.] 1. The state of being superannuated, or disabled, or disqualified for office or busine by reason of old age or infirmity; senility, decrepitude. "To admire them merely as they are antique, is not the spirit of ancient learning, but the mere doting of superannuation."-Pownall: On Antiq ., p. 54. 2. The state of being superannuated or removed from office or employment with a pension, on account of old age, long service, or infirmity. 3. The pension or annual allowance granted to a person superannuated on account of old age or infirmity. sù-perb, a. [Fr. super be, from Lat. superb us = proud, from super =above.] 1. Grand, magnificent, splendid, superexcellent, IMG:content-0585.png:[blocks in formation] Locrine, ii. 4.