celebrablet (selebrabl)

[ME., brate, v.] Having celebrity; distinguished; mentioned with praise or honor; famous; well known. IMG:content-3344.png:[blocks in formation] I am really more a well-wisher to your felicity, than a celeb rater of your beauty. Sp. celebracion = = Pope , To Mrs. A. Fermor on her Marriage. celebration (sel-ē-bra's hon), n. [F. célébra tion = = Pg . celebração = It. ce lebrazione , celeb rare : see celebrate .] 1. The act of celebrating. (a) The act of praising or extolling; commemoration; commendation; honor or distinction bestowed, whether by songs and eulogies or by rites and ceremonies. His memory deserving a particular celebration . Lord Clarendon. (6) The act of performing or observing with appropriate rites or ceremonies: as, the celebration of a marriage; the celebration of ma . Celebration of ma is equivalent to offering ma . Cath. Dict. 2. That which is done to celebrate anything; a commemorative, honorific, or distinguishing ceremony, observance, or performance: as, to arrange for or hold a celebration; the ode is a celebration of victory. What time we will a celebration keep According to my birth. or horsemen of the patrician order, numbering originally, according to tradition, 300, first organized by Romulus, 100 being selected, 10 from each curia, from each of the three tribes. Their commander was, from the time of Tullus Hostilius, the second officer of the state. Their number was gradually increased, and at the close of the dynasty of the Tarquins they were merged in the equites. The title was resumed under August us by the knights, as the body-guard of the emperor. 2t. [ cap.] An old division of domestic dogs, including swift-footed kinds, of which the greyhound is the type: distinguished from Sagaces and Pugnaces.