Word Meanings - LIBELANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court. Cranch.

Related words: (words related to LIBELANT)

• ECCLESIASTICALLY
  In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.
• COURTESAN
  A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton. (more info) courtier, It. cortigiano; or directly fr. It. cortigiana, or Sp.
• COURT TENNIS
  See TENNIS
• COURT-CUPBOARD
  A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak.
• COURTEPY
  A short coat of coarse cloth. Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.
• COURTBRED
  Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly.
• COURTESANSHIP
  Harlotry.
• COURT-MARTIAL
  A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.
• COURTLIKE
  After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly.
• COURTEOUSNESS
  The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.
• COURT-BARON
  An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse.
• COURTELLE
  a wool-like fabric.
• COURTEOUSLY
  In a courteous manner.
• COURTYARD
  A court or inclosure attached to a house.
• COURTIER
  1. One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court. You know I am no courtier, nor versed in state affairs. Bacon. This courtier got a frigate, and that a company. Macualay. 2. One who courts or
• COURT-PLASTER
  Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin.
• COURTER
  One who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits in marriage; one who flatters and cajoles. Sherwood.
• COURTLINESS
  The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners.
• COURTIERY
  The manners of a courtier; courtliness. B. Jonson.
• ADMIRALTY
  1. The office or jurisdiction of an admiral. Prescott. 2. The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally. 3. The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses. Note: In England, admiralty jurisdiction
• OUTCOURT
  An outer or exterior court. The skirts and outcourts of heaven. South.
• SCRANCH
  To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.
• UNCOURTLINESS
  Absence of courtliness; rudeness; rusticity. Addison.
• DISCOURTESY
  Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert.
• DISCOURTEOUS
  Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.