N. transfer,
transference,
translocation, elocation|, displacement,
metastasis,
metathesis, removal, remotion,
amotion,
relegation,
deportation,
asportation,
extradition,
conveyance,
draft, carrying, carriage,
convection,
conduction,
contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage,
ferry,
gestation,
portage,
porterage,
carting,
cartage,
shoveling, vection|, vecture|, vectitation|, shipment,
freight,
wafture,
transmission, transport,
transportation,
importation,
exportation,
transumption,
transplantation,
translation,
shifting,
dodging,
dispersion,
transposition, traction, drift
V. transfer,
transmit, transport,
transplace,
transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward,
shift, conduct,
convoy, bring,
fetch, reach,
tote, port, import, export, send,
delegate,
consign,
relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship,
embark,
waft,
shunt,
transpose, displace, throw,
drag,
mail, post,
shovel,
ladle,
decant, draft off,
transfuse,
infuse,
siphon Adv. from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes,
in transitu,
en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course
N. interpretation, definition, explanation,
explication, solution, answer,
rationale, plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation, meaning,
translation, rendering,
rendition,
redition, literal translation, free translation, key, secret,
clew,
clavis,
crib,
pony,
trot,
exegesis,
expounding, exposition,
hermeneutics, comment, commentary, inference, illustration,
exemplification,
gloss,
annotation,
scholium, note,
elucidation, dilucidation|,
eclaircissement, mot d'enigme,
symptomatology,
semiology,
semeiology,
semiotics,
metoposcopy,
physiognomy,
paleography, oneirology acception,
acceptation, acceptance, light, reading,
lection, construction, version, equivalent, equivalent meaning,
synonym,
paraphrase,
metaphrase, convertible terms,
apposition, dictionary,
polyglot V. interpret, explain,
define,
construe,
translate, render, do into, turn into, transfuse the sense of, find out the meaning of, read, spell out, make out,
decipher,
unravel,
disentangle, find the key of,
enucleate,
resolve,
solve, read between the lines, account for, find the cause, tell the cause of, throw light upon, shed light upon, shed new light upon, shed fresh light upon, clear up,
clarify,
elucidate, illustrate,
exemplify, unfold,
expound, comment upon,
annotate,
popularize, take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense, understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand
Adj. explanatory,
expository,
explicative,
explicatory,
exegetical, construable,
polyglot,
literal,
paraphrastic,
metaphrastic,
consignificative,
synonymous, equivalent
Adv. in explanation, that is to say, id est,
videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words, literally, strictly speaking, in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer english, more simply
N. heaven, kingdom of heaven, kingdom of god, heavenly kingdom, throne of god, presence of god, inheritance of the saints in light,
paradise,
eden,
zion, abode of the blessed, celestial bliss, glory,
olympus,
elysium, elysian fields,
arcadia, bowers of bliss, garden of the hesperides, third heaven,
valhalla, walhalla (scandinavian), nirvana (buddhist), happy hunting grounds, alfardaws, assama, falak al aflak "the highest heaven" (mohammedan), future state, eternal home, eternal reward, resurrection,
translation,
resuscitation,
apotheosis,
deification Phr. "looks through nature up to the nature's god", "the great world;s altarstairs, that slope through darkness up to god", "the treasury of everlasting joy", vigeur de dessus
N. church,
churchdom, ministry,
apostleship, priesthood,
prelacy,
hierarch, church government,
christendom, pale of the church,
clericalism,
sacerdotalism,
episcopalianism,
ultramontanism,
theocracy,
ecclesiology,
ecclesiologist,
priestcraft, odium theologicum,
monachism, monachy,
monasticism,
monkhood,
pontificate,
primacy,
archbishopric,
archiepiscopacy,
prelacy, bishopric,
bishopdom,
episcopate,
episcopacy, see, diocese,
deanery,
stall,
canonry,
canonicate, prebend,
prebendaryship,
benefice,
incumbency,
glebe,
advowson, living, cure,
rectorship,
vicariate,
vicarship,
deaconry,
deaconship,
curacy,
chaplain,
chaplaincy,
chaplainship,
cardinalate,
cardinalship,
abbacy,
presbytery, holy orders,
ordination, institution,
consecration, induction, reading in,
preferment,
translation, presentation,
popedom, the vatican, the apostolic see, religious sects, council,
conclave,
convocation, synod,
consistory, chapter,
vestry,
sanhedrim, conge d'elire, ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of arches
V. call,
ordain,
induct,
prefer,
translate,
consecrate, present, take orders, take the tonsure, take the veil, take vows
Adj. ecclesiastical,
ecclesiological,
clerical,
sacerdotal, priestly,
prelatical, pastoral,
ministerial,
capitular,
theocratic,
hierarchical,
archiepiscopal, episcopal,
episcopalian,
canonical, monastic,
monachal,
monkish,
abbatial,
abbatical,
anglican,
pontifical, papal, apostolic, roman,
popish,
ultramontane,
priest-ridden