a. [ L. aula hall. Cf. LL. aularis of a court. ] Relating to a hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Old. ] Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past. “The days of auld lang syne.” [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century. (b) Same as Burgher, n., 2. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. auleticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; flute. ] Of or pertaining to a pipe (flute) or piper. [ R. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aulicus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; hall, court, royal court. ] Pertaining to a royal court. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aulic council (Hist.), a supreme court of the old German empire; properly the supreme court of the emperor. It ceased at the death of each emperor, and was renewed by his successor. It became extinct when the German empire was dissolved, in 1806. The term is now applied to a council of the war department of the Austrian empire, and the members of different provincial chanceries of that empire are called aulic councilors. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An ell. [ Obs. ] See Aune. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Alnage and Alnager. [ 1913 Webster ]