occultist (okultist)

[ This celebrated ancient magical work, the foundation and fountain-head of much of the ceremonial magic of the med iæval occultists , has never before been printed in English. The Academy , Sept. 22, 1888, p. 190. The state of being occupier pate, occupy.] 1. The act of occupying or taking po e ion; a holding or keeping; po e ion; tenure. I speak not of matches or unions, but of arms, occupa tions , invasions. Bacon . I give unto my said wife... the two tenements and six acres of land lying by Leven heath in the occupation of [blank] Coker. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 437. The house was at that time in the occupation of a substantial yeoman. Lamb , Mackery End. 2. The state of being occupied or employed in any way; employment; use: as, occupation with important affairs. Also whoo-so-euer of the said crafte set ony servaunt yn occupacyon of the said crafte ouer iiij. wekys and o day, to for fete xij. d. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 336. They haue bene the idle occupations , or per chaunce the malitious and craftie constructions, of the Talmudists and others of the Hebrue clerks. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 91. The writing of chitties for the servants was alone the occupation of some hours. W. H. Ru ell, Diary in India, II. 222. 3. That to which one's time and attention are habitually devoted; habitual or stated employment; vocation; calling; trade; busine . But he that is idel, and casteth him to no bus in e e ne occupation, shal falle into poverte, and die for hunger. Chaucer, Tale of Melibeus. occultly (o-kult'li), adv . In an occult manner; by means of or with reference to occultism. occultne (o-kult'nes), n. occult, hidden, or unknown; secretne . occupancy (ok'u-pan-si), n. [ occupan ( t ) + -cy.] 1. The act of taking po e ion, or the 4t. Use; benefit; profit. By their occupation they were tent-makers. Acts xviii. 3. No occupation ; all men idle, all. Shak ., Tempest, ii. 1. 154. A castle in the Air, Where Life, without the least foundation, Became a charming occupation . F. Locker , Castle in the Air. being in actual po e ion; more specifically, in law , the taking po e ion of a thing not be not belong- ing to any person, and the right acquired by such act; that mode of acquiring property which is founded on the principle that he who takes 5t. Consumption; waste. The eyen of thaire germynacion With pulling wol disclose after the fer me [first] Yere, and to breke hem occupacion That tyme is nought. po e ion of an ownerle thing, with the de- sign of appropriating it to himself, thereby be- comes the owner of it; the act of occupying or holding in actual as distinguished from con- structive po e ion. Formerly, when a man held land pur autre vio (for the life of another), and died before that other, as his estate could not descend to his heir nor revert to the donor until the determination of the spec i- fied life, it was considered to belong of right to the first who took po e ion of it for the remainder of the life, and such po e ion was termed general occupancy . And when the gift was to one and his heirs for the life of an- other, the heir was said to take as special occupant . As the law now stands, however, a man is enabled to devise lands held by him pur autre vie, and if no such devise be made, and there be no special occupant, it goes to his ex- ecutors or administrators. As we before observed that occupancy gave the right to the temporary use of the soil, so it is agreed upon all hands that occupancy gave also the original right to the permanent property in the substance of the earth itself; which excludes every one else but the owner from the use of it. Black stone, Com., II. i. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 113. The science of makynge of fier withoute fier, wherby ze may make oure quinte e ence withoute cost or traueile, and withoute occupacioun and lesynge of tyme. Book of Quinte E ence (ed. Furnivall), p. 6. Army of occupation, an army left in po e ion of a newly conquered country until peace is signed or in-demnity paid, or until a settled and responsible government has been established. In Egypt our army of occupation continues inactive and on a reduced scale. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XL. 136. Occupation bridge, a bridge carried over or under a line of railway or canal to connect the parts of a farm or an estate severed by the line or canal. - Occupation road, a private road for the use of the occupiers of the land. = Syn. 3. Occupation, Calling, Vocation, Employment, Pursuit, Busine , Trade, Craft, Profe ion, Office. In regard to what a person does as a regular work or a means of earning a livelihood, occupation is that which occupies or takes up his time, strength, and thought; calling and vocation are high words, indicating that one is called by Providence to a particular line of work; calling is Anglo-Saxon and familiar, and vocation is Latin and lofty (the words are not always used in the higher sense of divine appointment or the call of duty, but it is much better to save them for the ex 2. The term during which one is an occupant: pre ion of that idea); employment is e entially the same as, during his occupancy of the post. occupant (ok'u-pant), n. [F. оссиpant, The palace of Diocletian had but one occupant ; after the founder no Emperor had dwelled in it. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 145. 2. More specifically, in law , one who first takes po e ion of that which has no legal owner.3t. A prostitute. He with his occupant Are cling'd so close, like dew-wormes in the morne, That he'll not stir. Marston, Scourge of Villainy, vii. 134.