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<hw>Ce*ment"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person or thing that cements.</def>

<h1>Cementitious</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cem`en*ti"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caementitius</ets> pertaining to quarry stones. See <er>Cement</er>, <tt>n.</tt> ]</ety> <def>Of the nature of cement.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Forsyth.</i>

<h1>Cemeterial</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cem`e*te"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a cemetery.</def> "<i>Cemeterial</i> cells." <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Cemetery</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cem"e*ter*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cemeteries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>cemeterium</ets>, Gr. <?/ a sleeping chamber, burial place, fr. <?/ to put to sleep.]</ety> <def>A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.</def>

<h1>Cenanthy</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*nan"thy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ empty + <?/ a flower.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.</def>

<h1>Cenation</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cenatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Meal-taking; dining or supping.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Cenatory</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cenatorius</ets>, fr. <ets>cenare</ets> to dine, sup, fr. <ets>cena</ets>, <ets>coena</ets>, dinner, supper.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to dinner or supper.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a <b>cenatory</b> garment. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cenobite</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"o*bite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>coenobita</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ common + <?/ life: cf. F. <ets>c\'82nobite</ets>.]</ety> <def>One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude.</def>

<i>Gibbon.</i>

<h1>Cenobitic, Cenobitical</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw><hw>Cen`o*bit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cen`o*bit"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>c\'82nobitique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a cenobite.</def>

<h1>Cenobitism</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"o*bi*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.</def>

<i>Milman.</i>

<h1>Cenogamy</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ce*nog"a*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ common + <?/ marriage.]</ety> <def>The state of a communty which permits promiseuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.</def>

<h1>Cenotaph</h1> <Xpage=230>

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