jovialness

[ Eng.jovial; -ne .) The quality or state of being jovial; joviality. *jō-vi-al-ty, s. [Eng. jovial ; -ty .] Joviality, jovialne , merriment. jō-vi-an, a. [JOVIAL.] Jō-vi-çěn'-tric, a . [Lat. Jovis (gen it. of Jupiter ) (q. v.); centrum =a center, and suff. -ic; Fr. jovi centrique .] Astron.: Having its center of attraction on the planet Jupiter; revolving around Jupiter. (Used of his satellites.) Jō-vin-i-an-ist, s . [From the name Jovinian (see def.); Eng. suff. -ist .] Ch. Hist . ( pl .): The followers of Jovinian, an Italian monk who lived in the fourth century. He taught that the Virgin Mary ceased to be a virgin by bringing forth Jesus; that the degrees of future ble edne do not depend on the merit of our good works; that celibacy and the maceration of the body are not required. His views were condemned at Rome and Milan in A. D. 338, and he and other persons were excommunicated. Afterward the Emperor Honor i us banished him to the island of Boa. *Jō-vis, s . [Lat. (gen it. of Jupiter ).] Jove, Jupiter. [JOVE.]