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CONTI, Prince of, the title assumed by a younger branch of the House of Condé. Armand de Bourbon, prince of Conti (1629-1666), one of the princes of the blood who took part in the wars of the Fronde, was son of Henry, prince of Condé, and brother of the Great Condé. Originally destined for the church on account of the weakness of his health and the deformity of his person, he received several rich benefices, and studied at the Sorbonne, but did not enter into orders. Wanting in strength of character, he was throughout life the follower of his sister, the duchess of Longueville, whose influence over him was such as to give rise to scandal. He was induced by her to join the old Fronde, and was appointed commander-in-chief of its forces during the siege of Paris (1648); but he contented himself with riding every day at their head through the streets, never failing to leave them as they passed out of the gates. At the end of the contest the whole Condé family came into political agreement, and Conti shared his brother’s imprisonment (1650). After his release his engagement to be married to the profligate Mlle, de Chevreuse was broken off by the prince of Condé, who had been won over to the court party by extravagant promises. In Condé’s second rebellion Conti was concerned; but when the former fled to Spain, he made his peace with the court, married Mazarin’s niece, and obtained the government of Guienne, together with the command in Catalonia, in which latter capacity he was not distinguished. He followed his sister in her conversion, entering into all her enthusiastic views, and maintaining constant correspondence with her. He wrote Du devoir des grands et des devoirs des gouverneurs de province; Lettres sur la grace; and Traité de la comédie et des ...

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Conticent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Silent.

Contignation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A frame of beams; a story.

2. The act of framing together, or uniting beams in a fabric.

Contignation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric.

2. A framework or fabric, as of beams.

Contiguate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Contiguous; touching.

Contiguity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Actual contact of bodies; a touching.

Contiguity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness; proximity.

Contiguous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Touching; meeting or joining at the surface or border; as two contiguous bodies or countries.

2. The houses in ancient Rome were not contiguous

3. Usually followed by to. Bacon uses with, but he has not been followed.

Contiguous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.

Contiguously [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a manner to touch; without intervening space.

Contiguousness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A state of contact; close union of surfaces or borders.

Continence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Continency

Continency [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. CONTINENCE, CONTINENCY noun [Latin , to hold, or withhold; con and teneo, to hold. See Tenet .]

2. In a general sense, the restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; self-command.

3. Appropriately, the restraint of the passion for sexual enjoyment; resistance of concupiscence; forbearance of lewd pleasures; hence, chastity. But the term is usually applied to males, as chastity is to females. Scipio the younger exhibited the nobles example of continence recorded in Pagan history; an example surpassed only by that of Joseph in sacred history.

4. Forbearance of lawful pleasure.

5. Content without lawful venery, is continence; without unlawful, is chastity.

6. Moderation in the indulgence of sexual enjoyment.

7. Chastity is either abstinence or continence; abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons.

8. Continuity; uninterrupted course. [Not now used.]

Continency [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Self-restraint; self-command.

2. The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence.

3. Uninterrupted course; continuity.

Continent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Refraining from unlawful sexual commerce, or moderate in the indulgence of lawful pleasure; chaste.

2. Restrained; moderate; temperate.

3. Have a continent forbearance.

4. Opposing; restraining.

5. Continuous; connected; not interrupted.

6. The North East part of Asia, if not continent with America--

7. A continent fever. More generally we now say a continued fever.

Continent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In geography, a great extent of land, not disjoined or interrupted by a sea; a connected tract of land of great extent; as the Eastern and Western continent It differs from an isle only in extent. New Holland may be denominated a continent Britain is called a continent as opposed to the isle of Anglesey.

2. In Spenser, continent is use for ground in general.

3. That which contains any thing. [Not used.]

Continent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

2. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.

3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.

4. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.

5. That which contains anything; a receptacle.

6. One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.

Continental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining or relating to a continent; as the continental powers of Europe. In America, pertaining to the United States, as continental money, in distinction from what pertains to the separate states; a word much used during the revolution.

Continental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to a continent.

2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.

3. Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.

Continental [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3.

Continently [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.

Continently [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.

Contingence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Contingency.

Contingencies [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Contingency

Contingency [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. CONTINGENCE, CONTINGENCY noun [Latin , to fall or happen to; to touch. See Touch .]

2. The quality of being contingent or casual; a happening; or the possibility of coming to pass.

3. We are not to build certain rules on the CONTINGENCY of human actions.

4. Casualty; accident; fortuitous event. The success of the attempt will depend on contingencies. [See Accident and Casualty.]

Contingency [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.

2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass.

3. An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.

4. An adjunct or accessory.

5. A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected.

Contingent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Falling or coming by chance, that is, without design or expectation on our part; accidental; casual. On our part, we speak of chance or contingencies; but with an infinite being, nothing can be contingent

2. In law, depending on an uncertainty; as a contingent remainder.

Contingent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A fortuitous event; that which comes without our design, foresight or expectation.

2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a quota; an equal or suitable share; proportion. Each prince furnishes his contingent of men, money and munitions.

Contingent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

2. Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control.

3. Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate.

Contingent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.

2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.

Contingently [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Accidentally; without design or foresight.

Contingently [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.

Contingentness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.

Contingentness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.

Continuable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Capable of being continued

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Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

Genesis 7:18

And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

Genesis 8:3

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

Genesis 8:5

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

Genesis 15:3

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

Genesis 18:5

And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”

Genesis 33:14

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

Genesis 40:4

And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.

The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

Exodus 9:2

For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

Exodus 9:24

So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.

Exodus 21:21

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.

Exodus 27:20

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

Exodus 28:29

And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.

Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.

Exodus 28:30

And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.

And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.

Exodus 29:38

Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.

Exodus 29:42

This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.

Exodus 33:21

And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,

Exodus 36:3

And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,

Leviticus 6:13

The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.

The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.

Leviticus 12:4

And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.