Chapter I · Chapter 1

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading "I am very much distressed about it all," murmured Mrs. Baxter.

the action of accomplishing something

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading "I am very much distressed about it all," murmured Mrs. Baxter.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430)

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

the power or right to give orders or make decisions

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

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From this reading "I am very much distressed about it all," murmured Mrs. Baxter.

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From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

completely happy and contented

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

actively or fully engaged or occupied

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

a tight-fitting headdress

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

the coloring of a person's face

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

plural of “confession” — an admission of misdeeds or faults

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

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From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

plural of “convert” — a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

a person who shows fear or timidity

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

plural of “criticism” — disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

having an (artificial) crown on a tooth

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

the first light of day

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

plural of “denomination” — a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

deeply religious

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

separation into component parts

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

From this reading "I am very much distressed about it all," murmured Mrs. Baxter.

put on clothes

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

plural of “essay” — an analytic or interpretive literary composition

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

give expression to

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

intense or sharp

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

opinion or judgment

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

preferred above all others and treated with partiality

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

so thin as to transmit light

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

the state of being friends (or friendly)

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

plural of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

the aggregate of past events

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

a sacred place of pilgrimage

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

a formal entry into an organization or position or office

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "I am very much distressed about it all," murmured Mrs. Baxter.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

spin, wind, or twist together

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

the literary culture

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

the state of being alone in solitary isolation

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

one who suffers for the sake of principle

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

polished surface that forms images by reflecting light

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

(Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading "I am very much distressed about it all," murmured Mrs. Baxter.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading "I am very much distressed about it all," murmured Mrs. Baxter.

past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly

From this reading "I am very much distressed about it all," murmured Mrs. Baxter.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

a creation created or assembled by needle and thread

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

a religious person who is not a Catholic

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

not one, and not any

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

plural of “note” — a brief written record

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

plural of “paradox” — (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

a person who is rejected (from society or home)

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

possessive form of “queen” — the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

go at a rack

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

increase the number of rotations per minute

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

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From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

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From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

a strong line

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

the quality of being holy

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

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From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

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From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

lacking foresight or scope

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

resembling or reminiscent of silver

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

characterized by or preferring solitude

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

precisely as stated

From this reading "I am very much distressed about it all," murmured Mrs. Baxter.

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

a Caucasian

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

which person or people

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

From this reading She was a small, delicate-looking old lady, very true to type indeed, with the silvery hair of the devout widow crowned with an exquisite lace cap, in a filmy black dress, with a complexion of precious china, kind shortsighted blue eyes, and white blue-veined hands busy now upon needlework.

the act of separating grain from chaff

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!

in the company of; together with

From this reading Come Rope!_ _The Coward_ _The Friendship of Christ_ _An Average Man_ _Confessions of a Convert_ _Optimism_ _Paradoxes of Catholicism_ _Poems_ _Initiation_ _Oddsfish!_ _Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson to one of his converts_ _Loneliness_ _Sermon Notes_ I must express my gratitude to the Rev. Father Augustine Howard, O.P., who has kindly read this book in manuscript and favored me with his criticisms.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading _Other books by Robert Hugh Benson_ _The Light Invisible_ _By What Authority?_ _The King's Achievement_ _The History of Richard Reynall, Solitary_ _The Queen's Tragedy_ _The Religion of the Plain Man_ _The Sanctity of the Church_ _The Sentimentalists_ _Lord of the World_ _A Mirror of Shalott, composed of tales told at a symposium_ _Papers of a Pariah_ _The Conventionalists_ _The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury_ _The Dissolution of the Religious Houses_ _The Necromancers_ _Non-Catholic Denominations_ _None Other Gods_ _A Winnowing_ _Christ in the Church: a volume of religious essays_ _The Dawn of All_ _Come Rack!