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<h1>Latria</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>La*tri"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to serve, fr. <?/ servant.]</ety> <def>The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from <i>dulia</i>, or the inferior worship paid to saints.</def>

<h1>Latrine</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>La*trine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>latrina</ets>: cf. F. <ets>latrines</ets>.]</ety> <def>A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.</def>

<h1>Latrociny</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"ro*cin`y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>latrocinium</ets>. Cf. <er>Larceny</er>.]</ety> <def>Theft; larceny.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Latten</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"ten</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>latoun</ets>, <ets>laton</ets>, OF. <ets>laton</ets>, F. <ets>laiton</ets>, prob. fr. OF. <ets>late</ets> lath, F. <ets>latte</ets>; -- because made in thin plates; cf. It. <ets>latta</ets> a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F. <ets>latte</ets> is of German origin. See <er>Lath</er> a thin board.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also <altname>latten brass</altname>.</def>

<blockquote>He had a cross of <b>latoun</b> full of stones. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; <as>as, gold <ex>latten</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Black latten</col>, <cd>brass in milled sheets, composed of copper and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire.</cd> -- <col>Roll latten</col>, <cd>latten polished on both sides ready for use.</cd> -- <col>Shaven latten</col>, <cd>a thinner kind than black latten.</cd> -- <col>White latten</col>, <cd>a mixture of brass and tin.</cd></cs>

<h1>Latter</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>later</ets>, <ets>l\'91tter</ets>, compar. of <ets>lat</ets> late. See <er>Late</er>, and cf. <er>Later</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to <i>former</i>; <as>as, the former and <ex>latter</ex> rain</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of two things, the one mentioned second.</def>

<blockquote>The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the <b>latter</b> is superior. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Recent; modern.</def>

<blockquote>Hath not navigation discovered in these <b>latter</b> ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania? <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Last; latest; final.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "My <i>latter</i> gasp."

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Latter harvest</col>, <cd>the last part of the harvest.</cd> -- <col>Latter spring</col>, <cd>the last part of the spring of the year.</cd> <i>Shak.</i></cs>

<h1>Latter-day saint</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"ter-day` saint"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.</def>

<h1>Latterkin</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"ter*kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice.</def>

<h1>Latterly</h1> <Xpage=833>

<hw>Lat"ter*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period.</def>

<blockquote><b>Latterly</b> Milton was short and thick. <i>Richardson.</i></blockquote>