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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Icarian

a. [ L. Icarius, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, the mythic son of Dædalus, who, when flying from Crete on wings cemented with wax, mounted so high that the sun melted the wax, and he fell into the sea. ] Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Picarian

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Picariæ. -- n. One of the Picariæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suburbicary

{ } a. [ LL. suburbicarius, equiv. to L. suburbanus: cf. F. suburbicaire. See Suburban. ] Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Suburbicarian
Vicarian

n. A vicar. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Icarian

a. [ L. Icarius, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, the mythic son of Dædalus, who, when flying from Crete on wings cemented with wax, mounted so high that the sun melted the wax, and he fell into the sea. ] Soaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Picarian

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Picariæ. -- n. One of the Picariæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suburbicary

{ } a. [ LL. suburbicarius, equiv. to L. suburbanus: cf. F. suburbicaire. See Suburban. ] Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Suburbicarian
Vicarian

n. A vicar. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

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