conciergerie 
COnciergerie (F. pron. kon-siarzh're), M. [F., 
concierge, doorkeeper: see concierge.] In 
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concitation 
The terra artiYrafiVm usually concionatoryt (kon'shio-na-to-ri), (I. [= Pg. 
S&S8&SSlSS concionatorl, t L. as if -concion'atori^, 
judicial court if they do not. 
implies a tribunal without po' 
w r _ - t j f f t parties, but with power, if parti ... *..! ,,.,,,,<;,, 
tee, tne room near tne entrance ot a notel, to it, to decide authoritatively. reading for contionarius 
apartment-house, or other building occupied conciliative (kon-sil'i-a-tiv), a. [= Sp. Pg. It Same as concionative. 
by the concierge or janitor conciliativo; as conciliate + -ive.] 1. Designed Co,mo,,ator U invectives 
concilia,". Plural of concilium. -- --* 
concilia 
see coiicii/iiiiri/.] 
Hmnll. 
ate : see conciliate.] Capable of being concili- 
ated or reconciled ; reconcilable. 
causes rooted in i 
diseonformity, not conciliabl 
without a miracle. 
The president of the Universal Peace Union consented 
in the latter case to act as a conciliative board of one. 
The Century, XXXI. 94". 
Nor doth he put away adnlterotisly who complains of 
'inimitable nature, utter unfltness, utter conciliator (kon-sil'i-a-tor), n. [= F. condlia- 
TelTachlfrd'n 1 
= It. eontiliatore, < L. 
... ,, conciliator. <. conciliare, bring together: see eon- 
conciliable2t (kon-si 1'i-a-bl), . [= Sp. conoh- etfiafc.] 5 ne who con ' ciliat | s Sr gains by con- 
abulo, < L. concitMVitlum, a meeting-place, < con- C iij a t ry means 
cilium, a council : see council.] A small assem- The co ^ Katm . ,' Christendom. 
bly ; a conventicle. Bp _ Hacket, Abp. Williams, i. 103. 
Some have sought the truth in conventicles and concil- ,.nnpiliitnrTr f Win oil 'i 5 to ml , r V /. 
iables of hereticks and sectaries. Conciliatory (KOn-sil 1-a-to-ri;, a. 1= * . C0- 
cihatoire = Pg. conciliatorio ; as conciliate + 
Bacon, Controversies of Church of Eng. 
conciliabule (kon-sil'i-a-bul), n. [< L. concilia- 
bitlum : see conciliable^.] Same as conciliable^. 
Milman. [Rare.] 
conciliar (kon-sil'i-ar), . [= F. conciliate = 
Sp. Pg. conciliar = It. conciliare, < L. as if *con- 
ciliaris, < concilium, council : see council and 
-arS.] Of or pertaining to a council or to its 
proceedings. Also conciliary. 
Henry II. contented himself with aiding the conciliar 
legislation. Stubbs, Const. Hist., 389. 
There are at least three well-known editions of conciliar 
records. JV. and Q., 7th ser., II. 292. 
These synodical or conciliar decrees but burden and 
perplex questions otherwise hard enough to discuss and 
determine. Contemporary Re,., LI. 209. concinnat et (kon-sin'at), 'v. t. 
-ory.] Tending to conciliate or win confidence 
or good will ; reconciling. 
The amiable, conciliatory virtues of lenity, moderation, 
and tenderness to the privileges of those who depend on 
this kingdom. Burke, To the Sheriffs of Bristol. 
The Italian, long subject to tyrannical rule, and in dan- 
ger of his life if he excites the vengeful feelings of a fel- 
low-citizen, is distinguished by his conciliatory manner. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., 431. 
= Syn. Winning, pacifying. 
loncilium (kon-sil'i-um), n. ; pi. concilia (-a). 
[L. : see council.] A council; an assembly! 
Concilium ordinarium, the name given in medievalEng- 
lish history to the standing council of the king. About 
the fifteenth century it developed into the Privy Council. 
See privy council, under council. 
conciliarlyt (kon-sil'i-ar-li), adv. After the 
manner of a council ; as by a council. 
Those things that were conciliarly determined. 
Barrow, Pope's Supremacy. 
conciliary (kon-sil'i-a-ri), a. Same as conciliar. 
By their authority the conciliary definitions passed into 
law. Jer. Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, ii. 205. 
conciliate (kon-sil'i-at), v. t. : pret. and pp. con- 
ciliated, ppr. conciliating. [< L. conciliatus, pp.of 
conciliare (> F. concilier = Sp. Pg. conciliar = It. 
[< L. concinna- 
tus, pp. of concinnare, join fitly together, < con- 
cinnus, fitly put together, well adjusted: see 
continuous.] 1. To join fitly or becomingly 
together; make well connected; choose and 
compose suitably. 
In order that concinnated speech may not beguile us 
from truth. Selden, Table-Talk, Int., p. 9. 
2. To clear ; purify. 
A receit to trim and concinnate wine. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, xiv. 20. 
cut. Cf., for the form, excise 1 , incise, precise; 
and for the sense, precise.] Comprehending 
much in few words ; brief and comprehensive 
in statement : as, a concise account of an event ; 
a concise argument. 
The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but 
leaves somewhat to be understood. 
B. Jonson, Discoveries. 
His [Thucydides's] history is sometimes as concise as a 
chronological chart : yet it is always perspicuous. 
Macaulay, History. 
= Syn. Concise, Sttccinct, Condensed, Laconic, Summary, 
CompriHlioux, short, tt-rsi-. pithy. .srnU'ntious, compart. 
The flrst four imply fullness of meaning as well as great 
brevity ; the next two that the subject is treated by ex- 
hibiting only its main heads, and that therefore the treat- 
ment is comparatively brief. Concixr frequently refers to 
style, and signifies the expression of much in few words ; 
succinct is generally applied to the matter, the less im- 
portant things being omitted : thus, a concise style or 
phrase, but a succinct narrative or account. Condensed re- 
lates more to the mode of treatment by which a matter is 
brought or compressed into a smaller space than it might 
have occupied. Laconic is applied to expressions which 
carry conciseness or brevity to an extreme. A summary 
account gives the principal points in the case ; a compen- 
dious account is more sure than a sum mary account to give 
a complete and sufficient view of the subject. 
His [Lord Mahon's] narration is very perspicuous, and is 
also entitled to the praise, seldom, we grieve to say, de- 
served by modern critics, of being very concise. 
ilacaulay, Lord Mahon's War in Spain. 
A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct ; 
The language plain, and incidents well link'd. 
Cowper, Conversation, 1. 235. 
A work of genius is ... condensed knowledge, judg- 
ment, skill, that make up the man. 
Woolsey, Relig. of Present and Future. 
"His time has come," said the laconic scout, thrusting 
the long barrel of his rifle through the leaves, and taking 
his deliberate and fatal aim. 
J. F. Cooper, Last of Mohicans, xxxi. 
I shall take leave of this island with a summary account 
I- \ v, j. it .. ./ * nimtt lane icue ui uiu iBuuui witn M ntntmoru accouul 
conciliare), bring together, unite, win over, < con- concinnatet (kon-sin'at), a. [< L. concinnatus, of their [the winds'] force and direction, as observed by 
ciliiun, a meeting, assembly, union : see council.] ~~ +^ "-^ i T^*. *. :.-.vi~ us/mm thp int. t/ith fh n r vnv*>mH a .. 
1. To overcome the distrust or hostility of, by 
soothing and pacifying means ; induce friendly 
and kindly feelings in; pacify; placate; soothe; 
win over. 
pp.: see the verb.] Fit; apt; suitable. 
A manue of ripe Judgement in electinge and chosynge 
concinn-ate termes, and apte and eloquente woordes. 
hall, Hen. VII., an. 5. 
concinnationt (kon-si-na'shon), . [< L. con- 
us from the 1st to the 8th of November. 
Coo*, Voyages, III. vi. 8. 
For Gotl is love compendious whole 
Of all the blessings of a soul. 
Byron, Love of God. 
The rapacity of his father's administration had excited dnnatio(n-)"< concinnare, join ' fitly together : Concisely (kon-sis'li), adv. In a concise man- 
such universal discontent that it was found expedient to see concinnate, v.] The act of making fit, suit- ner ' t> nen y i m few words. 
able, or perfect. But to return from this digression, though it was almost 
The building, concinnation, and perfecting of the saints. 
Bp. Reynolds, The Passions, p. 77. 
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adapted to attract regard or favor; win; gain; - 
engage. 
Christ's other miracles ought to have conciliated belief 
to his doctrine from the Jews. Cudworth, Sermons, p. 69. 
conciliate the nation. " Hallam. 
Each portion, in order to advance its own peculiar In- 
terests, would have to conciliate all others, by showing a 
disposition to advance theirs. Calhoun, Works, I. 69. 
His [the Duke of York's] amiable disposition and excel- 
concinnita(t-)s, < concinnus, fitly put together: 
see concinnous.] 1. Fitness; suitableness ; con- 
nectedness; harmony. 
Dr. Henry King's poems, wherein I find ... an exact 
concinnity and evenness of fancy. Hoicell, Letters, Ii. 16. 
necessary all the rules of painting are methodically, con- 
cisely, and yet clearly delivered in this present treatise 
which I have translated. 
Dryden, Parallel between Poetry and Painting. 
, < L- conciseness (kon-sis'nes), n. The quality of 
being concise ; brevity in statement. 
The concixenesn of Demosthenes, the Greek orator. 
Dryden, Pref. to Second Misc. 
The mysterious conciseness of an oracle. 
Macaulay, Machiavelli. 
lent temper have conciliated for him the esteem and regard ' M<, Letters, ii. 16. Macauiay Machiavelli 
of men of all parties. Greville, Memoirs, Aug. 15, 1818. A discourse in which the fundamental topic was thus ,.. ,, . ,, . , _ 
And any arts which conciliate regard to the speaker in- *S'3S*S*LS*A 7"J^i_ *!J. h _ ."?"; "S^SS^^i^'^L [ ^J"' C "' = 
And any arts which conciliate regard to the speaker in- 
directly promote the effect of his arguments. 
De Quincey, Rhetoric. 
= Syn. 1. To win over, propitiate, appease. See reconcile. 
cinnitiee, to make much impression upon the disaffected 
notify, Dutch Republic, I. 359. 
_______ ,, r ______ ,- ____ . ...... _______ Specifically 2. In gram, and rhe t., proper and 
conciliating (kon-sil'i-a-ting), p. a. Having the consistent adjustment of words and clauses as 
quality of gaining favor; pacifying; mollifying; 
persuading : as, a conciliating address. 
n. 
regards both phraseology and construction; 
fitness and harmony of style. 
L. concinnus, 
conciliation (kon-sil-i-a'shon), . [=: F. con- concinnous (kon-sin'us), "a. [< ^. M,,H,.O, 
ciliation = Sp. condliadon = Pg. condliacSo = fitly put together, well adjusted ; origin ob- 
it, conciliazione, < L. condliatio(n-'), < conciliare, scure.] Suitable; agreeable; harmonious, 
bring together : see conciliate.] 1. The act of Johnson. [Rare.] 
converting from a state of jealousy, suspicion, concionaryt (kon'shio-na-ri), a. [< L. conciona- 
rius, prop, contionarius, < contio(n-), an assem- 
bly: see condonate.] Same as concionative. 
There be four things a Minister should he at ; the Con- 
scionary part, Ecclesiastical story, School Divinity, and the 
Casuists. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 73. 
[< L. eon- 
. . . . condonari, 
contionari (> Pg. condonar = It. condonare), 
make an address, harangue, < contio(n-), im- 
prop. condo(n-), an assembly, contr. of OL. co- 
OT hostility; the act of gaining favor or good 
will. 
The house has gone farther ; it has declared concilia- 
tion admissible previous to any submission on the part of 
America. Burke, Conciliation with America 
The Roman method of conciliation was, flrst of all, the COnciOnatet (kon ' shio-nat), V. i 
nost ample toleration of the customs, religion, and mu- ,.,* nrln flw*hL^T iJi r,f 
licipal freedom of the conquered, and then their gradual tUS ' . P 5? P i tWS > p P' T Of 
admission to the privileges of the conqueror. 
Lecky, Europ. Morals, I. 251. 
2. Reconciliation; harmonizing. [Rare.] 
St. Austin repeatedly declares the conciliation of the 
foreknowledge, predestination, and free grace of God with 
the free will of man to be a most difficult question intel- 
ligible only to few. 
Sir W. Hamilton, Discussions (Blackwood, 1866), p. 622. 
Court Of conciliation, a tribunal deciding disputes by 
inducing the parties to agree on a settlement proposed to 
ventio(n-) for conventio(n-), an assembly: see 
convention.] To preach. Lithgow. 
(kon'shio-na-tiv), a. [< concio- 
nate 
to or 
^ r . rm ^ He assemblies 
them, the term is someTimes used as synonymous with COncionatort (kon'shio-na-tor), . [= Sp. Pg. 
court of cow'flMio" 'im^ies'^'w^'to 86 " 86 / the telm concionador = !* concionatore, < L. condonator, 
' prop, contionator, < contionari, harangue : see 
condonate.] 1. A preacher. Cockeram. 2. A 
common-councilman; a freeman. Wharton, 
Pr. concisio = Sp. concision = Pg. concisao = It. 
eontisione, conciseness, < LL. condsio(n-), a 
cutting to pieces, a mutilation, separation, < 
conddere, cut off : see concise.] If. A division; 
a schism ; a faction ; a sect ; a separation. 
Those of the concision who made it [the division] would 
do well to consider whether that which our Saviour as- 
sures us will destroy a kingdom be the likeliest way to set- 
tle and support a church. South, Works, III., Ep. Ded. 
[It is used in the Vulgate and in the authorized version of 
the Bible to translate the Greek word KOTUTOIUIJ, employed 
by St. Paul in Phil. iii. 2, apparently, instead of n-epiron^, 
for circumcision, as a contemptuous designation of those 
Jews who relied upon the mere outward rite of circum- 
cision. 
Beware of dogs ; beware of evil workers ; beware of the 
concision. Phil. iii. 2. 
Here he speaks more strongly and calls it a concision a 
mere outward mutilation, no longer as it had been, a seal 
of the covenant. Ellicott, Com. on Phil. iii. 2.) 
2. Conciseness. 
His Attic taste had the singular merit of giving concision 
to the perplexed periods of our early style. 
/. D'Israeli, Amen, of Lit., II. 23. 
His wonted vigour and concision. Brougham. 
enabling the court to compose their differences in a man- 
ner to which they will assent, they being turned over to a 
see concite.] The act of stirring up, exciting, 
or putting in motion. 
The revelations of heaven are conveied by new impres- 
sions, and the immediate illumination of the soul ; whereas 
the deceiving spirit, by concitatiun of humours, produceth 
his conceited phantasm. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. En 1 ., i. 10. 
