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Look up: Roost

  1. Roost
    A roost is a bird's perching or resting place.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. roost
    [n] - a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds 2. [n] - a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep 3. [v] - settle down or stay, as if on a roost
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Roost
    Roost noun Roast. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/92

  4. Roost
    Roost transitive verb See Roust , transitive verb
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/92

  5. Roost
    Roost noun [ Anglo-Saxon hrōst ; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to English roof . Confer Roof .] 1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. « He clapped his wings upon his roost Dryden. 2. A collection of fowls roosting together. At roost , on a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/92

  6. Roost
    Roost intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Roosted ; present participle & verbal noun Roosting .] 1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. Wordsworth. 2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. « O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/92

  7. roost
    1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. ... 2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. 'O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there.' (Herbert) ... Origin: Roosted; Roosting. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. roost
    noun a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Roost
    • (n.) Roast. • (n.) A collection of fowls roosting together. • (v. i.) Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. • (v. t.) See Roust, v. t. • (n.) The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. • (v. i.) To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.Roost: words in the definitio...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. roost
    1. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
    2. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep

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On March 18th, 1314 Jacques de Molay was led out before the people to publicly confess his and the order's sins. He recanted his earlier confessions and said the only crime he was guilty of was lying about his Brethren to relieve his own tortures. He was then taken to an island on the Siene and burned along with Geoffrey de Charney the Preceptor of Normandy. He was first appointed the position of Visitor General and latterly to the post of Grand Preceptor of all England. Although de Molay confessed to denying Christ and trampling on the Holy Cross, he steadfastly denounced the accusations that the initiation ritual consisted of homosexual practices. read more

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