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Mercurialize :: Mercurialize (v. t.) To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapor of mercury.

Protonotary :: Protonotary (n.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications..

Curia :: Curia (n.) The place of assembly of one of these divisions.

Mercury :: Mercury (n.) Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness.

Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe..

Curia :: Curia (n.) The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also curia Romana..

Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2..

Gens :: Gens (a.) A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe..

Mercurify :: Mercurify (v. t.) To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize.

Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament..

Curialistic :: Curialistic (a.) Relating or belonging to the ultramontane party in the Latin Church.

Curialistic :: Curialistic (a.) Pertaining to a court.

Ignorantist :: Ignorantist (n.) One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist.

Escorial :: Escorial (n.) See Escurial.

Mercurialize :: Mercurialize (v. t.) To affect with mercury.

Per :: Per (prep.) Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words..

Calomel :: Calomel (n.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver..

Mercurial :: Mercurial (n.) A person having mercurial qualities.

Unction :: Unction (n.) The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction..

Curiality :: Curiality (n.) The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court..

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