SPENCERS

Noun

spencers

plural of spencer

Source: Wiktionary


SPENCER

Spen"cer, n. Etym: [OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser.]

Definition: One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] Promptorium Parvulorum.

Spen"cer, n. Etym: [From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.]

Definition: A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton.

Spen"cer, n. (Naut.)

Definition: A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]. Spencer mast, a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. R. H. Dana, Jr.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CONSECRATION

(noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; “the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church”


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