Patient Pa"tient adjective [ French, from Latin
patiens ,
-entis , present participle of
pati to suffer. Confer
Pathos ,
Passion .]
1. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear. Patient of severest toil and hardship.
Bp. Fell. 2. Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering. 3. Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor. Whatever I have done is due to patient thought.
Sir I. Newton. 4. Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed. Not patient to expect the turns of fate.
Prior. 5. Forbearing; long-suffering. Be patient toward all men.
1 Thess. v. 14.
Patient Pa"tient noun 1. ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient. Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that often involves the agent and the patient .
Gov. of Tongue. 2. A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse . Like a physician, . . . seeing his patient in a pestilent fever.
Sir P. Sidney. In patient ,
a patient who receives lodging and food, as treatment, in a hospital or an infirmary. --
Out patient ,
one who receives advice and medicine, or treatment, from an infirmary.
Patient Pa"tient transitive verb To compose, to calm. [ Obsolete] "
Patient yourself, madam."
Shak.
Patiently Pa"tient·ly adverb In a patient manner. Cowper.
Patin, Patine Pat"in, Pat"ine noun A plate. See Paten . "Inlaid with
patines of bright gold."
Shak.
Patina Pat"ina noun [ Italian , from Latin
patina a dish, a pan, a kind of cake. Confer
Paten .]
1. A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella. 2. (Fine Arts) The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals. Fairholt.
Patio Pa"ti·o (pä"te*o)
noun [ Spanish , a court]
(Metal) A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation. » The
patio process is used to reduce silver ores by amalgamation.
Patio Pa"ti·o noun In Spain, Spanish America, etc., a court or courtyard of a house or other building; esp., an inner court open to the sky.
Pâtisserie Pâ`tis`serie" noun [ French
pâtisserie . See
Pate .]
Pastry. Sterne.
Patly Pat"ly adverb Fitly; seasonably. Barrow.
Patness Pat"ness noun Fitness or appropriateness; striking suitableness; convenience. The description with equal patness may suit both.
Barrow.
Patois Pa`tois" noun [ French]
A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech. The jargon and patois of several provinces.
Sir T. Browne.
Patolli Pa·tol"li noun [ Mex.
patolli dice.]
An American Indian game analogous to dice, probably originally a method of divination.
Patonce Pa·tonce" adjective [ Confer French
patte d'once paw of an ounce.]
(Her.) Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; -- said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross .
Patrial Pa"tri·al adjective [ Latin
patria fatherland, country, from
pater father.]
(Lat. Gram.) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun. --
noun A patrial noun. Thus Romanus , a Roman, and Troas , a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials . Andrews.
Patriarch Pa"tri·arch noun [ French
patriarche , Latin
patriarcha , Greek ..., from ... lineage, especially on the father's side, race; ... father + ... a leader, chief, from ... to lead, rule. See
Father ,
Archaic .]
1. The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses. 2. (R. C. Ch. & Greek Ch.) A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as, the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch. 3. A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively. The patriarch hoary, the sage of his kith and the hamlet.
Longfellow. The monarch oak, the partiarch of trees.
Dryde.
Patriarchal Pa`tri·ar"chal adjective [ Confer French
patriarcal .]
1. Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see; a patriarchal church. 2. Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable. About whose patriarchal knee
Late the little children clung.
Tennyson. 3. (Ethnol.) Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations. Patriarchal cross (Her.) ,
a cross, the shaft of which is intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being the smaller. See Illust. (2) of Cross . --
Patriarchal dispensation ,
the divine dispensation under which the patriarchs lived before the law given by Moses.
Patriarchate Pa`tri·ar"chate (p> amac/`trĭ*är"kat)
noun [ Confer French
patriarcat .]
1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. Jer. Taylor. 2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch. 3. (Ethnol.) A patriarchal form of government or society. See Patriarchal , adjective , 3.
Patriarchdom Pa"tri·arch·dom noun The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate. [ R.]
Patriarchic Pa`tri·ar"chic adjective [ Latin
patriarchicus , Greek ....]
Patriarchal.
Patriarchism Pa"tri·arch·ism noun Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.
Patriarchship Pa"tri·arch·ship noun A patriarchate. Ayliffe.
Patriarchy Pa"tri·arch`y noun [ Greek ....]
1. The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship. Brerewood. 2. Government by a patriarch; patriarchism.
Patrician Pa·tri"cian adjective [ Latin
patricius , from
patres fathers or senators, plural of
pater : confer French
patricien . See
Paternal .]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. 2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian. Born in the patrician file of society.
Sir W. Scott. His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood.
Addison.
Patrician Pa·tri"cian noun [ Latin
patricius : confer French
patricien .]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus , or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility. 2. A person of high birth; a nobleman. 3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. [ R.]
Colridge.
Patricianism Pa·tri"cian·ism noun The rank or character of patricians.
Patriciate Pa·tri"ci·ate noun The patrician class; the aristocracy; also, the office of patriarch. Milman.
Patricidal Pat·ri"ci`dal adjective Of or pertaining to patricide; parricidal.
Patricide Pat·ri"cide noun [ Latin
pater father +
caedere to kill. Confer
Parricide .]
1. The murderer of his father. 2. The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide .
Patrimonial Pat`ri·mo"ni·al adjective [ Latin
patrimonialis : confer French
patrimonial .]
Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate.
Patrimonially Pat`ri·mo"ni·al·ly adverb By inheritance.
Patrimony Pat"ri·mo·ny noun ;
plural Patrimonies . [ Latin
patrimonium , from
pater father: confer French
patrimoine . See
Paternal .]
1. A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor. "'Reave the orphan of his
patrimony ."
Shak. 2. Formerly, a church estate or endowment. Shipley.
Patriot Pa"tri·ot noun [ French
patriote ; confer Spanish
patriota , Italian
patriotto ; all from Greek ... a fellow-countryman, from ... established by forefathers, from ... father. See
Father .]
One who loves his country, and zealously supports its authority and interests. Bp. Hall. Such tears as patriots shaed for dying laws.
Pope.
Patriot Pa"tri·ot adjective Becoming to a patriot; patriotic.
Patriotic Pa`tri·ot"ic adjective [ Confer French
patriotique , Greek ... belonging to a fellow-countryman.]
Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance.
Patriotical Pa`tri·ot"ic·al adjective Patriotic; that pertains to a patriot. --
Pa`tri*ot"ic*al*ly ,
adverb
Patriotism Pa"tri·ot·ism noun [ Confer French
patriotisme .]
Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country. Berkley.
Patriots' Day Pa"tri·ots' Day A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington in 1775. It was first observed in 1894. [ U. S.]
Patripassian Pa`tri·pas"sian noun [ Late Latin
Patripassiani , plural; Latin
pater father +
pati ,
passus , to suffer: confer French
patripassiens .]
(Eccl. Hist.) One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preëxistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian. --
Pa`tri*pas"sian*ism noun
Patrist Pa"trist noun One versed in patristics.
Patristic, Patristical Pa·tris"tic, Pa·tris"tic·al adjective [ French
patristique . See
Paternal .]
Of or pertaining to the Fathers of the Christian church. The voluminous editor of Jerome anf of tons of patristic theology.
I. Taylor.
Patristics Pa·tris"tics noun That departnent of historical theology which treats of the lives and doctrines of the Fathers of the church.
Patrizate Pa"tri·zate intransitive verb [ Latin
patrissare ,
patrizare ;cf. Greek ....]
To imitate one's father. [ R.]
Patrocinate Pa·troc"i·nate transitive verb [ Latin
patrocinatus , past participle of
patrocinari to patronize, from
patronus patron.]
To support; to patronize. [ Obsolete]
Urquhart.
Patrocination Pa·troc`i·na"tion noun The act of patrocinating or patronizing. [ Obsolete] "
Patrocinations of treason."
Bp. Hall.
Patrociny Pa·troc"i·ny noun [ Latin
patrocinium .] [ Obsolete]
See Patrocination .
Patrol Pa·trol" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Patrolled ;
present participle & verbal noun Patrolling .] [ French
patrouiller , O. & Prov. French
patrouiller to paddle, paw about, patrol, from
patte a paw; confer Dutch
poot paw, German
pfote , and English
pat , v.]
To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
Patrol Pa·trol" v. t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.
Patrol Pa·trol" noun [ French
patrouille , Old French
patouille . See
Patrol ,
intransitive verb ]
1. (Mil.) (a) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts. (b) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts. (c) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol. 2. Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol ; a fire patrol . In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations.
A. Hamilton.
Patrol Pa·trol" noun See Boy Scout .
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