Thaumatolatry Thau`ma·tol"a·try noun [ Greek ..., ..., a wonder + ... worship.] Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things. [ R.]

The thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century.

Hare.

Thaumatrope Thau"ma·trope noun [ Greek ... a wonder + ... to turn.] (Opt.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

» It consists of a card having on its opposite faces figures of two different objects, or halves of the same object, as a bird and a cage, which, when the card is whirled rapidlz round a diameter by the strings that hold it, appear to the eye combined in a single picture, as of a bird in its cage.

Thaumaturge Thau"ma·turge noun [ See Thaumaturgus .] A magician; a wonder worker. Lowell.

Thaumaturgic, Thaumaturgical Thau`ma·tur"gic, Thau`ma·tur"gic·al adjective Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful. Burton.

Thaumaturgics Thau`ma·tur"gics noun Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances.

Thaumaturgist Thau`ma·tur"gist noun One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker. Carlyle.

Thaumaturgus Thau`ma·tur"gus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... wonder-working; ... a wonder + ... work.] A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.

Thaumaturgy Thau"ma·tur`gy noun [ Greek ....] The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain. T. Warton.

Thave Thave noun Same as Theave . [ Prov. Eng.]

Thaw Thaw intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Thawed ; present participle & verbal noun Thawing .] [ Anglo-Saxon þāwian , þāwan ; akin to Dutch dovijen , German tauen , thauen (cf. also ver dauen 8digest, Old High German douwen , fir douwen ), Icelandic þeyja , Swedish töa , Danish töe , and perhaps to Greek ... to melt. √56.] 1. To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws .

2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.

Thaw Thaw transitive verb To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

Thaw Thaw noun The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed. Dryden.

Thawy Thaw"y adjective Liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.

The The intransitive verb See Thee . [ Obsolete] Chaucer. Milton.

The The (&thlig;ē, when emphatic or alone ; &thlig;e, obscure before a vowel ; &thlig; e , obscure before a consonant ; 37) definite article. [ Anglo-Saxon ðe , a later form for earlier nom. sing. masc. sē , formed under the influence of the oblique cases. See That , pron.] A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.

» The was originally a demonstrative pronoun, being a weakened form of that . When placed before adjectives and participles, it converts them into abstract nouns; as, the sublime and the beautiful. Burke. The is used regularly before many proper names, as of rivers, oceans, ships, etc.; as, the Nile, the Atlantic, the Great Eastern, the West Indies, The Hague. The with an epithet or ordinal number often follows a proper name; as, Alexander the Great; Napoleon the Third. The may be employed to individualize a particular kind or species; as, the grasshopper shall be a burden. Eccl. xii. 5.

The The adverb [ Anglo-Saxon ðē , ðȳ , instrumental case of sē , seó , ðæt , the definite article. See 2d The .] By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform. "Yet not the more cease I." Milton.

So much the rather thou, Celestial Light,
Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers
Irradiate.

Milton.

Thea The"a noun [ New Latin See Tea .] (Botany) A genus of plants found in China and Japan; the tea plant.

» It is now commonly referred to the genus Camellia .

Theandric The·an"dric adjective [ Greek ...; ... god + ..., ..., a man.] Relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in Christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature. Murdock.

Theanthropic, Theanthropical The`an·throp"ic, The`an·throp"ic·al adjective Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity. [ R.]

The gorgeous and imposing figures of his [ Homer's] theanthropic sytem.

Gladstone.

Theanthropism The·an"thro·pism noun [ Greek ... god + ... man.] 1. A state of being God and man. [ R.] Coleridge.

2. The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism. Gladstone.

Theanthropist The·an"thro·pist noun One who advocates, or believes in, theanthropism.

Theanthropy The·an"thro·py noun Theanthropism.

Thearchic The·ar"chic adjective [ Greek .... See Thearchy .] Divinely sovereign or supreme. [ R.]

He [ Jesus] is the thearchic Intelligence.

Milman.

Thearchy The"ar·chy noun [ Greek ... god + - archy : confer Greek ... the supreme deity.] Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.

Theater, Theatre The"a·ter, The"a·tre noun [ French théâtre , Latin theatrum , Greek ..., from ... to see, view; confer Sanskrit dhyā to meditate, think. Confer Theory .] 1. An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.

2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.

3. That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. Burns.

Shade above shade, a woody theater
Of stateliest view.

Milton.

4. A sphere or scheme of operation. [ Obsolete]

For if a man can be partaker of God's theater , he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest.

Bacon.

5. A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war.

Theatin, Theatine The"a·tin, The"a·tine noun [ French théatin , Italian theatino .] (R. C. Ch.) 1. One of an order of Italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose Reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among Roman Catholics. They hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what Providence sends. Their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction.

» Their name is derived from Theate , or Chieti , a city of Naples, the archbishop of which was a principal founder of the order; but they bore various names; as, Regular Clerks of the Community , Pauline Monks , Apostolic Clerks , and Regular Clerks of the Divine Providence . The order never flourished much out of Italy.

2. (R. C. Ch.) One of an order of nuns founded by Ursula Benincasa, who died in 1618.

Theatral The"a·tral adjective [ Latin theatralis : confer French théatral .] Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical. [ Obsolete]

Theatric The·at"ric adjective Theatrical.

Woods over woods in gay, theatric pride.

Goldsmith.

Theatrical The·at"ric·al adjective [ Latin theatricus , Greek ....] Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- The*at`ri*cal"i*ty noun -- The*at"ric*al*ly adverb

No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical .

R. Jefferies.

Theatricals The·at"ric·als noun plural Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.

Such fashionable cant terms as ‘ theatricals ,' and ‘musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity.

I. Disraeli.

Theave Theave noun [ Confer W. dafad a sheep, ewe.] A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old. [ Written also thave .] [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Thebaic The·ba"ic adjective [ Latin thebaicus , Greek ....] Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version .

Thebaid The"ba·id noun [ Latin Thebais , - idis .] A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Bœotia.

Thebaine The·ba"ine noun [ So called from a kind of Egyptian opium produced at Thebes .] (Chemistry) A poisonous alkaloid, C ₁₉ H ₂₁ NO ₃ , found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.

Theban The"ban adjective [ Latin Thebanus .] Of or pertaining to Thebes.

Theban year (Anc. Chron.) , the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. J. Bryant.

Theban The"ban noun A native or inhabitant of Thebes; also, a wise man.

I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban .

Shak.

Theca The"ca noun ; plural Thecæ . [ Latin , from Greek ... a case to put anything in. See Tick a cover.] 1. A sheath; a case; as, the theca , or cell, of an anther; the theca , or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.

2. (Zoology) (a) The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids. (b) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral. (c) The wall forming a calicle of a coral.

Thecal The"cal adjective Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.

Thecaphore The"ca·phore noun [ Theca + Greek ... to bear: confer French thécaphore .] (Botany) (a) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecæ. (b) See Basigynium .

Thecasporous The·cas"po·rous adjective (Botany) Having the spores in thecæ, or cases.

Thecata The·ca"ta noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... a case.] (Zoology) Same as Thecophora .

Thecla Thec"la noun Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak , and elfin .

Thecodactyl The`co·dac"tyl noun [ ... case + ... finger.] (Zoology) Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.

Thecodont The"co·dont adjective [ Greek ... a case + ..., ..., a tooth.] 1. (Anat.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.

2. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.

Thecodont The"co·dont noun (Paleon.) One of the Thecodontia.

Thecodontia The`co·don"ti·a noun plural [ New Latin ] (Paleon.) A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebræ and the teeth implanted in sockets.

Thecophora The·coph"o·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... a case + ... to bear.] (Zoology) A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecæ and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also Thecata . See Illust. under Hydroidea .

Thecosomata The`co·so"ma·ta noun plural [ New Latin See Theca , and Soma .] (Zoology) An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda . -- The`co*so"ma*tous adjective

Thedom The"dom noun [ Thee to prosper + -dom .] Success; fortune; luck; chance. [ Obsolete]

Evil thedom on his monk's snout.

Chaucer.

Thee Thee intransitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon ...eón ; akin to Old Saxon thīhan , D. ge dijen , G. ge deihen , Old High German gi dihan , Goth. ...eihan , Lithuanian tekti to fall to the lot of. Confer Tight , adjective ] To thrive; to prosper. [ Obsolete] "He shall never thee ." Chaucer.

Well mote thee , as well can wish your thought.

Spenser.

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