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Regular :: Regular (a.) A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church..

Jehovist :: "Jehovist (n.) One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed to adonist..

Com- :: Com- () A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants..

Celibacy :: Celibacy (n.) The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry..

Synagogical :: Syneresis (n.) The union, or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; -- the opposite of diaeresis..

Profess :: Profess (v. t.) To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely..

Disavowment :: Disavowment (n.) Disavowal.

Guna :: Guna (n.) In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to denote the same vowel change in other languages..

Behest :: Behest (v. t.) To vow.

Wide :: Wide (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15..

Stronghand :: Strong (superl.) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular..

Avowtry :: Avowtry (v. t.) Adultery. See Advoutry.

Disavouch :: Disavouch (v. t.) To disavow.

Avowry :: Avowry (n.) The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right..

Advocation :: Advocation (n.) Advowson.

Avowance :: Avowance (n.) Act of avowing; avowal.

Vow :: Vow (n.) Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow..

Devote :: Devote (v. t.) To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames..

Hiatus :: Hiatus (n.) The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.

Elison :: Elison (n.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together..

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