a. [ LL. amentaceus. ] (Bot.) (a) Resembling, or consisting of, an ament or aments; as, the chestnut has an amentaceous inflorescence. (b) Bearing aments; having flowers arranged in aments; as, amentaceous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. armamentarium, fr. armamentum: cf. F. armamentaire. ] An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. atramentum ink, fr. ater black. ] Black, like ink; inky; atramental. [ Obs. ] Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. atramentaire. See Atramentaceous. ] Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the character of, or formed by, a filament. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. fondamental. ] Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fundamental reasons of this war. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some fundamental antithesis in nature. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fundamental bass (Mus.), the root note of a chord; a bass formed of the roots or fundamental tones of the chords. --
Fundamental chord (Mus.), a chord, the lowest tone of which is its root. --
Fundamental colors, red, green, and violet-blue. See Primary colors, under Color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A system of beliefs based on the interpretation of every word in the Bible, both old and new testaments, as literal truth. It is primarily held by a branch of American Protestants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The beliefs or practises based on a rigid adherence to some traditional doctrine; extreme conservatism; as, Moslem fundamentalism; the political fundamentalism of the Christian right. [ PJC ]

n. a supporter of fundamentalism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to fundamentalists or fundamentalism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. characteristic of a fundamentalist; -- especially, resembling the behavior of a fundamentalist; as, a fundamentalist dislike of new ideas. [ PJC ]

adv. Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. “Fundamentally defective.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lamentabilis: cf. F. lamentable. ] 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [ Archaic ] “Lamentable eye.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. “Lamentable helplessness.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. Bp. Stillingfleet.

-- Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lamentation, L. lamentatio. ] 1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. Matt. ii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. ligamenteux. ] Composing a ligament; of the nature of a ligament; binding; as, a strong ligamentous membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to medicaments or healing applications; having the qualities of medicaments. -- Med`ica*men"tal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. nidamentum materials for a nest, fr. nidus nest. See Nest. ] (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or bearing, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidamental capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Nucament. ] (Bot.) Like a nut either in structure or in being indehiscent; bearing one-seeded nutlike fruits. [ Written also nucumentaceous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. ornemental. ] Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which ornaments. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The ornaments embellishing an object, collectively; as, each room of the palace had a strikingly different ornamentation. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Parliamentary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Parliament. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Eng. Hist.) One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One versed in the rules and usages of Parliament or similar deliberative assemblies; as, an accomplished parliamentarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a parliamentary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. parlementaire. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Enacted or done by Parliament; as, a parliamentary act. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. According to the rules and usages of Parliament or of deliberative bodies; as, a parliamentary motion; parliamentary order; parliamentary procedure. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Parliamentary agent, a person, usually a solicitor, professionally employed by private parties to explain and recommend claims, bills, etc., under consideration of Parliament. [ Eng. ] --
Parliamentary train, one of the trains which, by act of Parliament, railway companies are required to run for the conveyance of third-class passengers at a reduced rate. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. pergamena parchment. See Parchment. ] Like parchment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a predicament. John Hall (1646). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., scrapings. ] (Bot.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Covered with ramenta. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. rejectare, v. intens. fr. rejicere. See Reject. ] Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism. J. Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sacramentalis: cf. F. sacramental, sacramentel. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bound by a sacrament. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sacramental host of God's elect. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which relates to a sacrament. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine and use of sacraments; attachment of excessive importance to sacraments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ's body and blood in the holy eucharist. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sacramental manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. sacramentarius: cf. F. sacramentaire. ] 1. (Eccl.) A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ries [ LL. sacramentarium: cf. F. sacramentaire. ] 1. An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. salsamentarius, fr. salsamentum brine, pickled fish, fr. salsus salted, p. p. of salire to salt. ] Salt; salted; saline. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. testamentalis. ] Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy testamental cup I take,
And thus remember thee. J. Montgomery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. testamentarius: cf. F. testamentaire. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bequeathed by will; given by testament. [ 1913 Webster ]

How many testamentary charities have been defeated by the negligence or fraud of executors! Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or power of giving by testament, or will. [ R. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. tri- + sacramentarian. ] (Eccl.) One who recognizes three sacraments, and no more; -- namely, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and penance. See Sacrament. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not parliamentary; contrary to the practice of parliamentary bodies. -- Un*par`lia*men"ta*ri*ness n. [1913 Webster]

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