septuret

A Middle English spelling of seep sepulcher, sepulchre (sep'ul-kėr), n. [ sepulcre, sepulchre, sepulcur, The sepulcur that therinne was layde His ble ud bod i al be-bled. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 190. It is not longe sithen the Sepulcre was alle open, that Men myghte ki e it and touche it. Mandeville , Travels, p. 75. He rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre , and departed. Mat. xxvii. 60. 2. In eccles. arch ., a rece in some early churches, in which were placed on Good Friday, with appropriate ceremonies, the cro , the reserved sacrament, and the sacramental plate, and from which they were taken at high ma on Easter, to typify the burial and resurrection of Christ. - Knights of the Holy Sepulcher. See knight . Order of the Holy Sepulcher, the name of several orders. One, said to have been founded by the Crusaders, but in reality probably by Pope Alexander VI., was by Pope Pius IX. divided into three cla es. sepulcher, sepulchre (sep'ul-kėr, formerly also se-pul'ker), vt .; pret. and pp. sepulchered , sep- ulchred, ppr. sepulchering , sepulchring . [ But I am glad to see that time survive Where merit is not sepulchred alive. And so sepulchered , in such pomp dost lie, That kings, for such a tomb, would wish to die. sepulchral (sē-pul'kral), a. [ sepulchral , F. sépulcral = Sp. Pg. sepulcral = It. sepolcrale , sepulcrale , sepulcralis , of or belonging to a sepulcher , sepulcrum , sepulcher: see sepul- cher.] 1. Of or pertaining to a sepulcher or tomb; connected with burial or the grave; erected on a grave or to the memory of the dead: as, a sepulchral stone or statue. Our wasted oil unprofitably burns, Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns. With whose sad tints were mingled seen The blighted fir's sepulchral green. sepulchralize (se-pul'kral-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. sepulchral i zed , ppr. sepulchral i zing . [ pulchral + -ize .] To render sepulchral or sol- emn. [Rare.] Imp . Dict. sepulchre, n. and v. See sepulcher . sepultural (sē-pul'tu-ral), a. [ sepulture + -al.] Of or pertaining to sepulture or burial. Belon published a history of conifers and a treatise on the funeral monuments and sepultural usages of the an- cients and the substances used by them for the preserva- tion of bodies. Pop. Sci . Mo., XXXIV. 697. sepulture (sep'ul-tūr), n. [ sepulture , sepultur , sepulture , sepouture , F. sépulture = Pr. sepultura , sebultura = Sp. Pg. sepultura = It. sepoltura , sepultura , sepultura , burial, sepelire , pp. sepultus , bury: see sepulcher .] 1. Burial; interment; the act of depositing the dead body of a human being in a burial-place. That bli ed man neuer had sepulture ; Wilbelouid sir, this you say sertain. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3404. He foretold, and verified it, that himself would rise from the dead after three days' sepulture. Jer . Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 238. IMG:content-0641.png:[blocks in formation] [This use of the word is peculiar to Cole ridge and his admirers.] The motions of his mind were slow, solemn, and sequa- cio us. De Quincey. sequaciously (se-kwa's hus-li), adv . In turn or succe ion; one after another. sequaciousne (sē-kwa's hus-nes), n. Sequa- cio us character or disposition; disposition to follow; sequacity. tion have evermore a closene , sent our, and sequacitie . Bacon , Nat. Hist., § 900. sequannock (sē-kwan'ok), n. [Amer. Ind.] Same as poquauhock . Roger Williams . sequel (se'kwel), n. [Formerly also sequell , se- quele ; sequelle , sequele , sequel, conse- quence, following, train, F. séquelle , a band, gang, series, string, = Pr. sequela = Sp. secuela = Pg . sequela = It. sequela , seguela , sequel, con- sequence, LL. sequela , sequella , that which follows, a follower, result, consequence, sequel, ML. also a following, train, etc., sequi , follow: see sequent.] 1. That which follows and forms a continuation; a succeeding part: as, the sequel of a man's adventures or his tory. O, let me say no more! Gather the sequel by what went before. The sequel of the tale A following or coming after; connection of con- sequent to antecedent in order of time or of thought; succe ion. How art thou a king But by fair sequence and succe ion? The commo dites and good sequele of vertue, the discom- modies and euyll conclusion of vicious licence. Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, i. 11. Adversity,... an occasion of many men's falling from God, a sequel of God's indignation and wrath, a thing which Satan desireth and would be glad to behold. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 48. I argue thus: The World agrees That he writes well who writes with Ease: Then he, by Sequel logical, Writes best who never thinks at all. The chaunces of this present life haue in themselues alone no more goode or euil than according to their sequele and effect they bring. Guevara , Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 322. The sequel of to-day unsolders all The goodliest fellowship of famous knights Whereof this world holds record. 3. Consequence inferred; consequentialne . [Rare.] What sequel is there in this argument? An "archdea- con is the chief deacon": ergo, he is only a deacon. Whitgift , Works (Parker Soc.), I. 305. J. Fergu on, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 440. To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences . The king hath granted every article: His daughter first, and then in sequel all, According to their firm proposed natures. In her ., raised above the back and opened: not- ing the wings of a bird: as, a falcon's wings 5t. Those who follow or come after; descen- sequacious (sē-kwā'shus), a . [ L.sequax ( -ac- ) , following or seeking after, sequi , follow, pur- sue: see sequent.] 1. Following; attendant; adhering; disposed to follow a leader. Trees unrooted left their place, Sequacious of the lyre. Sir W. Hamilton . And now, its strings Boldlier swept, the long sequacious notes Over delicious surges sink and rise. A goodly meane both to deterre from crime And to her steppes our sequele to enflame. 6. In Scots law. See thirlage . sequela (sē-kwēlā), n.; pl. sequelæ (-lē). [L., that which follows, a follower: see sequel .] That which follows; a following. (a) A band of adherents. (b) An inference; a conclusion; a corollary. Sequelæ ; or thoughts suggested by the preceding apho- Cole ridge , Aids to Reflection, Aphorisms on Spiritual [Religion, ix. The galleys Have sent a dozen sequent me engers This very night at one another's heels. IMG:content-0642.png:[blocks in formation] To sequester out of the world into Atlantick and Eutopian polities, which never can be drawn into use, will not Milton , Areopagitica, p. 25. mend our condition. 2. In law, to renounce or decline, as a widow any concern with the estate of her husband. [Rare.]