commodious (komodius)

[ of commodus (> It. commodo = Sp. cómodo = Pg. commodo = F. commode, > E. commode, q. v.), useful, fit, convenient, Thai sayen the pyne unto all thing under so we [sown un der it] Is commodious. Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 213. Wine and many things else commodious for mankind. Raleigh, Hist. World, I. vi. 5. Long sojourning... of the army at Newcastle, for lack of commodious winds. Exp . in Scotland (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 115). 2. Suitable; fit; proper; convenient; becoming: in a general neral sense. He [the sphere] conteyneth in him the commodious description of euery other figure, & for his ample capacitie doth resemble the world or vniuers. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 81. If they think we ought to prove the ceremonies comто dious, they do greatly deceive themselves. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iv. § 4. 3. Affording good accommodation; convenient and roomy; suitable and spacious: as, a com modious dwelling; a commodious harbor. An antiquated but commodious manor-house. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 16. =Syn. Convenient, suitable, fit, proper, useful, comfortable. commodiously (ko-mō'di-us-li), adv. 1. So as to be commodious: as, a house commodiously constructed.-21. Suitably; usefully; serviceably; conveniently. Eke se thi lande 2. The ma formed by mixing or blending different things; a composition; a compound. Some apprehended a purifying virtue in fire, refining the gro er commixture. Sir T. Browne , Urn-burial, i. 3. Eccles ., in both the Greek and the Western Church since early times, the rite of putting a particle of the consecrated bread or host into 3t. Agreeably; comfortably. the chalice, an act emblematic of the reunion of body and soul at the resurrection. This commixture [of the bread and wine], if not absolutely primitive, is at least of very venerable antiquity. In the West we find it recognized by the most ancient Mi als; by the Council of Orange, A. D. 441; and by the fourth of Toledo. J. M. Neale, Eastern Church, i. 520. commo date (kom'ō-dāt), n. [F. commodat = Sp. comodato = Pg. It. com mod a to, Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 8. We need not fear To pa commodiously this life, sustain'd By him with many comforts. Milton, P. L., x. 1083.