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1. actī̆f, -ī̆ve adj.

Additional spellings: active
32 quotations in 4 senses
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Of human actions: done (as opposed to suffered), voluntary; actif cursing, self-excommunication.

2. comprovinciāl, -iānel adj. as n.

Additional spellings: comprovincianel
2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Eccl. A bishop or suffragan belonging to the same province; (b) an inhabitant or officer of the same province or district.

3. confessionāl adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Eccl. Pertaining to the right of hearing confessions and granting absolution.

4. consūetūdinārie adj. & n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Usual, customary; (b) eccl. a book containing the ritual usage (of the Mass).

5. mortāl adj.

103 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Of persons, the human body, human life: mortal, subject to death; not divine; (b) of things: transitory; temporal.

6. ordinārī(e adj.

Additional spellings: ordinarie
22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Regular, customary; ordinari charges, regular expenses; (b) orderly, logical.

7. prō̆pre adj.

165 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Belonging or pertaining to oneself, a person, or a thing; privately owned; private, personal, individual; intrinsic; (b) propre in, inherent in (a position of honor); propre to, belonging to…

8. resident adj.

14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Dwelling, residing, resident; (b) eccl. residing where one's ecclesiastical duties are performed, residentiary; (c) remaining, persistent; of sediment: lying settled.

9. seculē̆r(e adj.

Additional spellings: seculere
79 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Of or belonging to the world; concerned with earthly life as opposed to spiritual or eternal life; of desire, behavior, etc.: worldly, unspiritual; seculer diligence, diligence with regard to…

10. stāble adj.

161 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Constant, steadfast; also, steadfast in virtue, virtuous; stable and stedfast, stedfast (ferm, etc.) and stable; stable in feith (bileve), stable of bileve; (b) of a lover: faithful, true; of…

11. temporā̆l adj.

57 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Lasting a short time, fleeting; having a finite duration, transitory; (b) temporal imnes, eccl. hymns belonging to the temporale, for use during mass at specific feasts and seasons of the…