Part 2341

<hw>Con*tem"pla*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.</def>

<h1>Contemplatively</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"pla*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With contemplation; in a contemplative manner.</def>

<h1>Contemplativeness</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"pla*tive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.</def>

<h1>Contemplator</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con"tem*pla`tor</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who contemplates.</def>

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

<h1>Contemporaneity</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem`po*ra*ne"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being contemporaneous.</def>

<blockquote>The lines of <b>contemporaneity</b> in the o\'94litic system. <i>J. Philips.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contemporaneous</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contemporaneus</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>tempus</ets> time. See <er>Temporal</er>, and cf. <er>Contemporaneous</er>.]</ety> <def>Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.</def>

<blockquote>The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been <b>contemporaneous</b> with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. <i>Milman</i></blockquote>

- <wordforms><wf>Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Contemporaneously</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>At the same time with some other event.</def>

<h1>Contemporariness</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"po*ra*ri*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness.</def>

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Contemporary</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"po*ra*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>con-</ets> + L. <ets>temporarius</ets> of belonging to time, <ets>tempus</ets> time. See <er>Temporal</er>, and cf. <er>Contemporaneous</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.</def>

<blockquote>This king [Henry VIII.] was <b>contemporary</b> with the greatest monarchs of Europe. <i>Strype.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of the same age; coeval.</def>

<blockquote>A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old <b>contemporary</b> trees. <i>Cowley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contemporary</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tem"po*ra*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Contemporaries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> One who lives at the same time with another; <as>as, Petrarch and Chaucer were <ex>contemporaries</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Contempt</h1> <Xpage=311>