a.
Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667. →
n.
Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life. →
n.
The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy. →
n.
A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion. →
n. pl.
A sect which seceded from the Franciscan Order, chiefly in Italy and Sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate, maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty, and discountenancing oaths. Called also Fratricellians and Fraticelli. →