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Jubbah Jub"bah noun Also Jubé Ju`bé" noun [ French] (Architecture) (a) A chancel screen or rood screen. Jubilant Ju"bi·lant adjective [ Latin jubilans , -antis , present participle of jubilare to shout for joy: confer French jubilant . See Jubilate .] Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting. "The jubilant age." Coleridge. While the bright pomp ascended jubilant .Milton. Jubilantly Ju"bi·lant·ly adverb In a jubilant manner.
Jubilar Ju"bi·lar adjective [ Confer French jubilaire .] Pertaining to, or having the character of, a jubilee. [ R.] Bp. Hall.
Jubilate Ju`bi·la"te noun [ Latin , imperat. of jubilare to shout for joy.] Jubilate Ju"bi·late intransitive verb [ Latin jubilatus , past participle of jubilare .] To exult; to rejoice. [ R.] De Quincey.
Jubilation Ju`bi·la"tion noun [ Latin jubilatio : confer French jubilation .] A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation. " Jubilations and hallelujahs." South.
Jubilee Ju"bi·lee noun [ French jubilé , Latin jubilaeus , Greek ..., from Hebrew y...bel the blast of a trumpet, also the grand sabbatical year, which was announced by sound of trumpet.] The town was all a jubilee of feasts.Dryden. Jucundity Ju·cun"di·ty noun [ Latin jucunditas , from jucundus .] Pleasantness; agreeableness. See Jocundity . [ R.] Sir T. Browne.
Judahite Ju"dah·ite noun One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; a Jew. Kitto.
Judaic, Judaical Ju·da"ic, Ju·da"ic·al adjective [ Latin Judaïcus , from Judaea , the country Judea: confer French Judaïque . See Jew .] Of or pertaining to the Jews. "The natural or Judaical [ religion]." South.
Judaically Ju·da"ic·al·ly adverb After the Jewish manner. Milton.
Judaism Ju"da·ism noun [ Latin Judaïsmus : confer French judaïsme .] Judaist Ju"da·ist noun One who believes and practices Judaism.
Judaistic Ju`da·is"tic adjective Of or pertaining to Judaism.
Judaization Ju`da·i·za"tion noun The act of Judaizing; a conforming to the Jewish religion or ritual. [ R.]
Judaize Ju"da·ize intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Judaized ; present participle & verbal noun Judaizing .] [ Confer French judaïser .] To conform to the doctrines, observances, or methods of the Jews; to inculcate or impose Judaism. They . . . prevailed on the Galatians to Judaize so far as to observe the rites of Moses in various instances.Bp. Bull. Judaize Ju"da·ize transitive verb To impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism. The heretical Theodotion, the Judaized Symmachus.Milton. Judaizer Ju"da·i`zer noun One who conforms to or inculcates Judaism; specifically, plural (Ch. Hist.) , those Jews who accepted Christianity but still adhered to the law of Moses and worshiped in the temple at Jerusalem.
Judaizers Ju"da·iz`ers (jū"da*īz`ẽrz) noun plural See Raskolnik .
Judas Ju"das noun The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship. -- adjective Treacherous; betraying. Judas hole , Judas-colored Ju"das-col`ored adjective Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard. There's treachery in that Judas-colored beard.Dryden. Juddock Jud"dock (jŭd"dŏk) noun [ For judcock ; jud (equiv. to Prov. English gid a jacksnipe, W. giach snipe) + cock .] (Zoology) See Jacksnipe .
Judean Ju·de"an (ju*dē" a n) adjective [ Latin Judaeus . See Jew .] Of or pertaining to Judea. -- noun A native of Judea; a Jew.
Judge Judge (jŭj) noun [ Middle English juge , Old French & French juge , from Old French jugier , French juger , to judge. See Judge , intransitive verb ] The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.Bacon. A man who is no judge of law may be a good judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.Dryden. Judge Judge intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Judged ; present participle & verbal noun Judging .] [ Middle English jugen , Old French jugier , French juger , Latin judicare , from judex judge; jus law or right + dicare to proclaim, pronounce, akin to dicere to say. See Just , adjective , and Diction , and confer Judicial .] The Lord judge between thee and me.Gen. xvi. 5. Father, who art judgeMilton. Forbear to judge , for we are sinners all.Shak. Judge not according to the appearance.John vii. 24. She is wise if I can judge of her.Shak. Judge Judge transitive verb God shall judge the righteous and the wicked.Eccl. iii. 7. To bring my whole cause 'fore his holiness,Shak. Judge not, that ye be not judged .Matt. vii. 1. If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord.Acts xvi. 15. Make us a king to judge us.1 Sam. viii. 5. Judge-made Judge"-made` adjective Created by judges or judicial decision; -- applied esp. to law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc., and often used opprobriously of acts of judicial interpretation considered as doing this. The law of the 13th century was judge-made law in a fuller and more literal sense than the law of any succeeding century has been.Sir Frederick Pollock. Judger Judg"er noun One who judges. Sir K. Digby.
Judgeship Judge"ship noun The office of a judge.
Judgment Judg"ment noun [ Middle English jugement , French jugement , Late Latin judicamentum , from Latin judicare . See Judge , intransitive verb ] I oughte deme, of skilful jugement ,Chaucer. He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment .Ps. lxxii. 2. Hernia . I would my father look'd but with my eyes.Shak. She in my judgment was as fair as you.Shak. Who first his judgment asked, and then a place.Pope. In judgments between rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own.Jer. Taylor. Most heartily I do beseech the courtShak. A judgment is the mental act by which one thing is affirmed or denied of another.Sir W. Hamilton. The power by which we are enabled to perceive what is true or false, probable or improbable, is called by logicians the faculty of judgment .Stewart. Judicable Ju"di·ca·ble adjective [ Latin judicabilis . See Judge , intransitive verb ] Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decided upon. Jer. Taylor.
Judicative Ju"di·ca·tive adjective Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty. Hammond.
Judicatory Ju"di·ca·to·ry adjective [ Latin judicatorius .] Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals. T. Wharton. Power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way.Bp. Hall. Judicatory Ju"di·ca·to·ry -277 noun [ Latin judicatorium .] The supreme court of < Judicature Ju"di·ca·ture noun [ French, from Late Latin judicatura .] The honor of the judges in their judicature is the king's honor.Bacon. Our Savior disputes not here the judicature , for that was not his office, but the morality, of divorce.Milton. Judicial Ju·di"cial adjective [ Latin judicialis , from judicium judgment, from judex judge: confer Old French judicial . See Judge .] Not a moral but a judicial law, and so was abrogated.Milton. Judicially Ju·di"cial·ly adverb In a judicial capacity or judicial manner. "The Lords . . . sitting judicially ." Macaulay.
Judiciary Ju·di"cia·ry adjective [ Latin judiciarius , from judicium judgment: confer French judiciare . See Judicial .] Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding. Bp. Burnet.
Judiciary Ju·di"cia·ry noun [ Confer Late Latin judiciaria , French judiciaire .] That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary ; the senate committee on the judiciary .
Judicious Ju·di"cious adjective [ French judicieux , from Latin judicium judgment. See Judicial .] Of or relating to a court; judicial. [ Obsolete] His last offenses to usShak. He is noble, wise, judicious , and best knowsShak. Syn. -- Prudent; discreet; rational; wise; skillful; discerning; sagacious; well-advised. Judiciously Ju·di"cious·ly adverb In a judicious manner; with good judgment; wisely.
Judiciousness Ju·di"cious·ness noun The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; sound judgment.
Jug Jug noun [ Prob. from Jug , a corruption of, or nickname for, Joanna ; confer 2d Jack , and Jill . See Johannes .] Jug Jug transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Jugged ; present participle & verbal noun Jugging .] Jug Jug intransitive verb (Zoology) Jugal Ju"gal adjective [ Latin jugalis , from jugum yoke.] Jugata Ju·ga"ta noun plural [ Neut. plural of Latin jugatus , past participle of jugare to join.] (Numis.) The figures of two heads on a medal or coin, either side by side or joined.
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