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2. Advowson. [Obs.]

The donations or advocations of church livings. Sanderson.

3. (Scots Law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court. Bell.

Ad"vo*ca*to*ry (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to an advocate. [R.]

Ad*voke" (&?;), v. t. [L. advocare. See Advocate.] To summon; to call. [Obs.]

Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the pope to advoke the cause to Rome. Fuller.

Ad`vo*lu"tion (&?;), n. [L. advolvere, advolutum, to roll to.] A rolling toward something. [R.]

Ad*vou"trer (&?;), n. [OF. avoutre, avoltre, fr. L. adulter. Cf. Adulterer.] An adulterer. [Obs.]

Ad*vou"tress (&?;), n. An adulteress. [Obs.] Bacon.

{ Ad*vou"try, Ad*vow"try } (&?;), n. [OE. avoutrie, avouterie, advoutrie, OF. avoutrie, avulterie, fr. L. adulterium. Cf. Adultery.] Adultery. [Obs.] Bacon.

Ad*vow*ee" (&?;), n. [OE. avowe, F. avoué, fr. L. advocatus. See Advocate, Avowee, Avoyer.] One who has an advowson. Cowell.

Ad*vow"son (?; 277), n. [OE. avoweisoun, OF. avoëson, fr. L. advocatio. Cf. Advocation.] (Eng. Law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church. [Originally, the relation of a patron (advocatus) or protector of a benefice, and thus privileged to nominate or present to it.]

The benefices of the Church of England are in every case subjects of presentation. They are nearly 12,000 in number; the advowson of more than half of them belongs to private persons, and of the remainder to the crown, bishops, deans and chapters, universities, and colleges. Amer. Cyc.

Ad*voy"er (&?;), n. See Avoyer. [Obs.]

Ad*ward" (&?;), n. Award. [Obs.] Spenser.

||Ad`y*na"mi*a (&?;), n. [NL. adynamia, fr. Gr. &?; want of strength; &?; priv + &?; power, strength.] (Med.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever. Dunglison.

Ad`y*nam"ic (&?;), a. [Cf. F. adynamique. See Adynamy.] 1. (Med.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.

2. (Physics) Characterized by the absence of power or force.

Adynamic fevers, malignant or putrid fevers attended with great muscular debility.

A*dyn"a*my (&?;), n. Adynamia. [R.] Morin.

||Ad"y*tum (&?;), n. Adyta (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;, n., fr. &?;, a., not to be entered; 'a priv. + &?; to enter.] The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.

{ Adz, Adze } (&?;), n. [OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa, adese, ax, hatchet.] A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

Adz, v. t. To cut with an adz. [R.] Carlyle.

Æ or Ae. A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short æ was generally replaced by a, the long by e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

||Æ*cid"i*um (&?;), n.; pl. Æcidia (&?;). [NL., dim. of Gr. &?; injury.] (Bot.) A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.

Æ"dile (&?;), n. [L. aedilis, fr. aedes temple, public building. Cf. Edify.] A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.

Æ"dile*ship, n. The office of an ædile. T. Arnold.

Æ*ge"an (&?;), a. [L. Aegeus; Gr. &?;.] Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.