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<i>R. Owen.</i>

<h1>Coadjument</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ad"ju*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Mutual help; co\'94peration.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Coadjust</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co`ad*just"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To adjust by mutual adaptations.</def>

<i>R. Owen.</i>

<h1>Coadjustment</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co`ad*just"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Mutual adjustment.</def>

<h1>Coadjutant</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ad"ju*tant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mutually assisting or operating; helping.</def>

<i>J. Philips.</i>

<h1>Coadjutant</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ad"ju*tant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An assistant.</def>

<i>R. North.</i>

<h1>Coadjuting</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ad"ju*ting</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mutually assisting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Coadjutive</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co*ad"ju*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant.</def>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Coadjutor</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co`ad*ju"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. See <er>Co</er>-, and <er>Aid</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker.</def>

<blockquote>Craftily outwitting her perjured <b>coadjutor</b>. <i>Sheridan.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice.</def>

<h1>Coadjutorship</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Co`ad*ju"tor*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

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