Identifier: centurydictionary01whit Title:
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. Year:
1897 (
1890s) Authors:
Whitney, William Dwight, 1827-1894 Smith, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Eli), 1857-1913 Subjects:
English language Atlases Biography Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher:
New York : The Century Co. Contributing Library:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: etc. aged (ajed, sometimes ajd), p. a. [ME. aged,agijd; Text Appearing After Image: agent agendt fajend), H. Same as agendum (c). agendum (a-jendum), n.; pl. agenda (-da).[j., something to be done, neut. of agendus,gonmdive of agere, do: see agent, act.] Athing to be done : usually in the plural, thingsto be done ; duties, specifically — (a) items of busi-ness to be brought before a committee, council, board, etc.,aa thinga to be done, (b) Matters of practice, as opposedto credeiula, or matters of belief. The moral and religious credenda and ageiula of anygood man. Coleridge. Especially—(ct) Matters of ecclesiastical practice: ritualor littirgy. ((/) As a collective singular, a niemoraiidum-Itook. fUare In all uses.] agenesia (aj-e-nesi-a), «. [NL.] Same asagi iifsi-