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& a. [A. S. seofon, seofone; cogn. with Dut. zeven; Icel. sjö, sjan; Dan. syv; Sw.sju; Goth. sibun; O. H. Ger. sibun; Ger.sieben; Lat. septem; Gr. hept a; Wel. saith; Gael, seachd; Irish seacht; Ru . seme; Lithuan. septym; Sansc. saptan.] A. As substantive: the colonization of a country or district. (5) The act of settling down, or of taking up one's permanent abode in a place. "Every man living has a design in his head upon power, or settlement in the world."- L'Estrange : Fables. (6) A giving or bestowing of po e ion under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner. "My flocks, my fields, my woods, my pastures take, With settlement as good as law can make." Dryden: Daphnis and Chloris. 2. That which settles, subsides, or sinks to the bottom subsided matter; sediment, dregs, lees. "Fuller's earth left a thick settlement." - Mortimer: Husbandry. 3. A new tract of country peopled or settled; a colony; especially a colony in its early stages. "The Spaniards have neither settlement nor trade with the Lative Indians." -Dampier: Voyages (an. 1684). 4. A sum of money or other property granted to a clergyman on his ordination, exclusive of his salary. 5. A homestead of a pastor. as furnished sometimes by donation of land with or without buildings, sometimes by the pastor's applying funds granted for the purpose. ( Bartlett .) II. Lave : The act of settling property upon a person or persons; a deed by which property is settled; the general will or disposition by which a person regulates the disposal of his property, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; disposition of property at marriage in favor of a wife; jointure. Act of Settlement Eng. Hist.: An Act pa ed in 1702. by which the succe ion the crown was settled, on the death of Queen Anne, upon Sophia, granddaughter of James I., and wife of the Elector of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants 2. The symbol representing such number, as 7 or vii. B. As adj.: Consisting or amounting to one more than six or le than eight. "This seven years did not Talbot see his son." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I. , iv. 3. (1) Seven Churches of Asia : Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. ( Rev. i. 11.) (2) Seven Day Fever . Pathol .: A variety of Relapsing fever. (3) Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, Covetousne , Lust, Gluttony, Anger, Envy, Sloth. (4) Seven Dolors of Our Lady : The prophecy of Simeon, the flight into Egypt, the lo of Jesus in the Temple, meeting Jesus with His Cro , the Standing beneath His Cro , the receiving the Body of Jesus, the Burial of Jesus. [DOLOR, 1.] (5) Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost : Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and the Fear of the Lord. ( Isa . xi. 2.) (6) Seven Principal Virtues : Faith, Hope, Char ity, Prudence, Justice, Fortitude. Temperance. The first three are called also Theological Virtues, the other four are known as the Cardinal Virtues: 8 (7) Seven Stars: The Pleiades (q. v.). (8) Seven Weeks ' War : The great conflict in 1866 for German supremacy between Pru ia and Italy or one side and Austria on the other, in which the allies were victorious. (9) Seven Wise Men (or Sages) of Greece: A name applied to seven philosophers of ancient Greece: Per i an der of Corinth, Pittacus of Mitylene, Thales of Miletus, Solen of Athens, Bias of Priene, Chilo of Sparta, and Cleobulus of Lindus. (10) Seven Wonders of the World : [WONDER, 8]. (11) Seren Years ' War : The conflict between Frederick II. of Pru ia, and Austria, Ru ia, and France, in 1756-1763. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this;