Definition of reservation

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Reservation (n.) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.

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Bridgehead :: Bridgehead (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont..
Explicit :: Explicit (a.) Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement..
File :: File (n.) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant..
Sheriff :: Sheriff (n.) The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace..
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc..
Politics :: Politics (n.) The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals..
Salvo :: Salvo (n.) An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
Palladium :: Palladium (n.) Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy..
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
Salubrity :: Salubrity (n.) The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate..
Cure :: Cure (v. t.) To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay..
Saving :: Saving (n.) Exception; reservation.
Sustentation :: Sustentation (n.) The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance..
Hygeian :: Hygeian (a.) Relating to Hygeia, the goddess of health; of or pertaining to health, or its preservation..
Farm :: Farm (a. & n.) The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products..
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve..
Well :: Well (v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market..
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) A tract of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of Indians, etc..
Law :: Law (n.) In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation..
Full-sailed :: Full-sailed (a.) Having all its sails set,; hence, without restriction or reservation..
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