Mariolatry 
Mariolatry (mil-ri-ol'a-tri), . [< Or. Mapia, 
Msiry, + '/aT/iflii, worship. Cf. idolatry.] The 
worship or religious vonoration of the Virgin 
Mary : used with I In- intention of implying that 
it is equivalent to or trenches upon the worship 
due to God only (latria). The members of the Roman 
Catholic anil Greek churches distinguish between the wor- 
ship paid i.i i ;..'! (liiti -la) :.n.l that paid to the Virgin Mary 
(li\ pri iinl i:i i See dulia, latria, hyperdulia. Also spelled 
Maryitlatry. 
marionette (niar'i-o-nef), . [< F. mariiim tt< , 
puppet, also formerly 'little Marion,' dim. of 
Marion, Marion, dim. of Marie, Mary, for Mari- 
olette, a dim. of Mariole, the name formerly 
given to little figures of the Virgin Mary: see 
marry 2 .] 1. A puppet moved by strings; one 
of a set of such puppets used to represent char- 
acters on a mimic stage. 2. The Duffle or buf- 
tte-headed duck. Audubnn. [Louisiana.] 3. 
A small complicated arrangement at the end 
of the batten in a ribbon-loom, for actuating 
the racks of the shuttles. It is curiously life- 
like in its motions, whence the name. 
Marietta's law. See /</'. 
maripOsa-lily(mar-i-po'sii-lH ll i),n. [<Sp.m<m- 
/iosa, a butterfly, + E. lify.~\ A plant of the ge- 
nus Catochortus. Also called butterfly-tulip. 
mariput (mar'i-put), u. [Also inarpiit; a native 
name.] The African zoril or zorille, Zorilla 
mi/,',ixi.i or xtriatii, :i smiill iiniiiiul striped witli 
black and white, belonging to the family Mus- 
Miilie and subfamily Zorillimf, and resembling a 
skunk in color and odor. Having been described 
as Viverra zorilla, it has been regarded errone- 
ously as a kind of civet. 
marischal (mar'i-shal), . [An obs. or 8c. form 
of Marshal.] Same as marshal. The dignity of 
marischal (afterward earl marischal) of Scotland was he- 
reditary In the family of Keith for several centuries, till 
the attainder of Its last incumbent In 1716. 
inarish (mar'ish), . and a. [Early mod. E. 
marenh, marine, marice,marrice,marrcsse;<M.E. 
mareis, nuireys, maraii, maresse-inarrasse, < OF. 
mareis, marois, F. niarais = Pr. mares = It. 
marese, < ML. "marensis, a marsh, < L. mare, 
a sea (lake), + term. -en#is, E. -ese (see mere 1 ' 
and -cue) ; these forms being mixed with OF. 
maresqs = Pr. marci (for "marsc), < ML. maris- 
ctts, a marsh, appar. based on L. mare, sea (lake), 
as if < L. mare, sea, + term, -isrus, E. -wA 1 , but 
prop. < MLG. mersch, marsch, match, LG. marsch 
= G. marsch = Dan. marsk, a marsh, = AS. 
mersc, wet ground, of the same ult. formation: 
see marsh. Cf. morass.] I. n. A marsh. [Now 
only poetical.] 
Doun to a marcys faste by she ran. 
Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale, L 114. 
The mosse and the inarrtuse, the mounttez so hye. 
Marie Artaun (E. E. T. S.X 1. 2014. 
The ftrste nyght that thel departed from Cameloth that 
the! come to a Castell that stode in a marene, so wele and 
so feire slttlnge, an so cloos that It douted noon assaute. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), 111. 604. 
It was built of a Marish, because of Earthquakes. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 380. 
Flanked with a ditch, and forced out of a marish. 
B. Jonson, Underwoods, Ixil. 
And far through the mariih green and still 
The tangled water-courses slept. 
Tennyson, Dying Swan. 
U. a. Marshy. [Now only poetical.] 
This Countrey of Moscoule hath also very many and 
great rluers in it, and is marish ground in many places. 
Hakluyt's Voyage*, I. 247. 
The frank sun of natures clear and rare 
Breeds poisonous fogs In low and marish minds. 
Luatil, Dara. 
marish-beetle (mar'ish -be' tl), n. Same as 
ntarnh-hi'1'tle. 
Marist (ma'rist), n. and a. [NL. Marista. < LL. 
Maria, Mary (see def.): see marry'*.] I. . A 
member of a Roman Catholic congregation de- 
voted to the management of schools, instruc- 
tion in industry and agriculture, etc. it was 
founded at Bordeaux in 1818, and has many establishments 
in France and other countries. Unlike the Brethren of the 
Christian Schools, the Marlsts receive pay from their pupils. 
EL. a. Pertaining or relating to the virgin 
Mary; devoted to the service of the Virgin: as, 
.Murigt monks. 
maribagium (mar-i-taj'i-um), M. [ML.: see 
marriage.] Infcmlnl liixt., the right of the king, 
upon the death of a tenant in capite, to dis- 
pose of the heiress (and, by a later extension 
of the right, of the heir, if male) in marriage. 
This right, which originated In the interest of the feudal 
superior to secure a flt tenant, grew to be a pecuniary re- 
source, and was enforced by imposing on heirs and heir- 
esses refusing to be thus disposed of, or marrying without 
royal consent, a forfeiture of double the value of the right 
of disposal thus denied. 
marital (mar'i-tnl), a. [= F. marital = Sp. 
Pg. marital = It. marilale, < L. maritalis, of or 
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belonging to married people, < maritus, of or 
belonging to marriage, as a noun, maritus. in., 
a husband, nun-Hit, (., a wife: sec ;////'.] 1. 
Of or pertaining to a husband, or to marriage as 
it concerns the husband : as, marital rights or 
authority ; marital devotion. 
A husband may exercise his marital authority no far as 
U> give his wife moderate correction. 
Art it/ Tormcntini/. (Itichardton. ) 
Hence 2. Pertaining to or of the nature of 
marriage; matrimonial; connubial. 
It Is said that marital alliance between these races Is 
unnatural. A'. A. Ret., CXLII. 43U. 
Marital affection (a/ectio maritali*), In Rom. law, the 
circumstance which distinguished marriage from concu- 
binage, namely the Intention to found a legal family, so that 
the children born of the connection should legally have a 
father ; this Is expressed by liberoruin quercndfrnttn eaiaa. 
Puehta. =Bvn. A uptial. Connubial, etc, (See matrimonial.) 
maritateut (mar'i-ta-ted), a. [< L. maritatus, 
pp. of /war/fare (> It. maritare), marry: see 
marry!.] Having a husband. Bailey, 1727. 
maritimt, . See maritime. 
maritimalt (ma-rit'i-mal), a. [< maritime + 
-ni.\ Same as maritime. 
skill of warlike seruice, and experience in maritiinal 
causes. Uolimhed, Descrip. of Ireland, Ep. I MI 
maritimatet (ma-rit'i-mat), a. [< maritime + 
-<iti' 1 .] Adjoining the sea; maritime. 
Leaving his own name to some inaritimatr province on 
that side. Raleigh, Hist. World, 1. - 
maritime (mar'i-tim or -titn), a. [Formerly also 
maritiiu; < F. maritime = Sp. maritimo = Pg. It. 
maritime, < L. maritimus, also maritumus, of or 
belonging to the sea, < mare, the sea: see ma- 
rine.'] 1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with 
the sea or its uses ; having physical relation to 
the sea: as, maritime dangers or pursuits; a 
maritinte town or power. 
The borders maritime 
Lack blood to think on 't. 
Shot., A. and C., 1. 4. 61. 
But the Mahometans made the midst of the land the 
seat of their Empire, both the better to keep the whole in 
subjection, and for fear of the Christians Invading the 
' maritim places. Sandys, Travalles (1652), p. 86. 
2. Relating to or concerned with marine navi- 
gation, employment, or interests: as, maritime 
law ; a maritime project. 
His youth and want of experience In maritime service. 
Sir II. Wotton, Duke of Buckingham. (Latham.) 
Even In the maritimt reign of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Ed- 
ward Coke thinks it matter of boast that the royal navy 
of England then consisted of three-and-thlrty ships. 
Blaclatnnt, Com., I. xlll. 
3. In zool., technically, inhabiting the sea-shore; 
living coastwise; littoral: distinguished from 
marine, 
Undralned and marshy land is, however, best suited to 
this bird [the pewit or lapwing], whose habits are partly 
maritime. W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 625. 
Maritime Assizes of Jerusalem. See assize. Mari- 
time contract, a contract that relates to navigation or 
commerce by water, as one for hiring seamen, a charter- 
party, a marine-Insurance policy, or the like, as distin- 
guished from those made and to be performed on land, 
even although having relation to shipping, as a contract to 
build a ship, which is not maritime. The importance of the 
distinction lies in the fact that c&urts of admiralty have 
jurisdiction of causes arising under maritime contract*. 
Maritime courts. See court. Maritime fruit-bat, 
Cynonycteris ampttxicaitdatn, found along coasts from the 
Persian gulf to the Philippines. Maritime Interest, a 
premium or rate of interest allowed on a bottomry bond, 
and not limited by the usury laws. Maritime law, the 
system of principles and rules which regulate property, 
business, and conduct in matters of navigation and of com- 
merce by water. Maritime liens. See lien'*, 1 (6). 
Maritime state, an expression sometimes used to desig- 
nate the body which consists of the officers and mariners 
of the British navy, who are governed by express and per- 
manent laws, or the articles of the navy, established by act 
of Parliament Imp. Diet. Maritime tort, a wrong the 
commission of which occurs on the high seas, so that ft is 
within the jurisdiction of a court of admiralty. = Syn. 
Marine, Maritime, Naval, Jfautical. Marine refers to the 
sea in Its merely physical aspects : as, a marine product ; 
marine fauna ; marine deposits. Maritime refers to the 
sea more especially as a Held for human action, or as con- 
nected with human interests, and to position on or near 
the sea: as, Great Britain is a maritime nation, and a great 
itni-til power ; we speak of maritime laws. Interests, perils, 
life. By derivation naval refers to ships, and itanti&jl to 
sailors. A'awU is applicable more especially to what per- 
tains to a ship of war or a navy, its crew, equipments, tac- 
tics, etc., but in some uses to shipping in general: naiiti- 
rnl to what pertains to the science or art of navigation : 
as, naval officers, heroes, battles, administration ; the naral 
profession ; naral stores; nautical calculations made at the 
Ifaval Observatory; a nautical almanac; navtieal Instru- 
ments. A nautical mile is viewed as a mile to be sailed. 
maritonuclear (mar'i-to-nu'kle-ar),rt. [< mari- 
toiiiiclenn + -rt-3.] Pertaining to a maritonu- 
clens. 
maritonucleus(mar*i-to-nu'kle-us),ii.; pl.nrnr- 
itoiiuclei(-i), [NL.,< \j.nuiritns, married, + H- 
, nucleus.] In embryol, a "married" bi- 
mark 
sexed or duplex nucleus; the renovated nucleus 
of an ovum after its union with the male pro- 
nucleus or spermonucleus. See l'i ii/inniun-li us. 
Ili/nlt, I'roc. Host. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1H84, p. 54. 
mariturientt (mur-i-tu'ri-eiit), a. [< L. nturi- 
tux, a husband (maritare, marry), + -urient, a 
desiderative suffix, as in esurient, etc.] Wish- 
ing to become a husband. Southey, The Doctor, 
cxxvi. (Uavies.) 
marjay (mar'ja). . Same as min-ytiy. 
marieromt) See marjoram. 
marjoram (mar 'jo -ram), n, [Early mod. E. 
also marjerotne, margerim, margerome, mirjervm, 
marjorait, maji-roui, majurinu, miijurtin, < MK. 
"marjiiriin, marjunni, innjoran, < OF. "marjo- 
raine, marjolaiiie, margelyne, V. marjolaine = 
Sp. inayorana = Pg. maioraiia, mangeroaa = It. 
majorana, mayyioranu = I), maioleync, marioli in 
= MHG. iHeii/raiiimc, also im-ionm, mviron, U. 
inajoran, dial, maigram, meiran, < ML. majora- 
ca, a corrupt form due to Horn, influence, simu- 
lating L. major, greater (the Teut. forms suf- 
fering further perversion), < L. amaracux, uma- 
i-iirniii. < Gr. auapaKof, a/iapaiun>, marjoram (the 
Greek plant so named being appar. bulbous, 
the Persian or Egyptian species prob. marjo- 
ram).] A plant of tne genus Origanum, of sev- 
eral speeies, belonging to the natural order /. 
liiattf, or mint tribe. The sweet marjoram, O. Ma 
jorana, is peculiarly aromatic and fragrant, and much 
used in cookery. The common or wild marjoram, O. ml. 
gare, is a native of Europe, and is a perennial plant with 
opposite leaves and small pink flowers, growing in calcare- 
ous soils. It Is gently tonic and stimulant. 
Here's flowers for you ; 
Hot lavender, mints, savory, Marjoram. 
Slink., W. T., Iv. 4. 104. 
mark 1 (mark), H. [(} < ME. mark, merl; merke, < 
AS. mearc, nen t. , = D. merk, mark == OHG. "man-, 
MHG. mare, neut., G. marke, t., = Icel. mark, 
neiit . . = Sw. 111 ti !-/.< = Dan. nuerke, a mark, sign ; 
hence (< Teut. ) F. marque (which in some senses 
is merged in E. mark*) = Sp. Pg. It. marco, a 
mark, sign; these forms being prob. connected 
with (6) march 1 , ME. mart-he, marke, < AS. mearc, 
f., boundary, = OS. marca = OFries. merke, 
merike, merik = D. marke = MLG. marke, merke, 
a district, = OHG. marca, marcha, MHG. marke, 
G. mark, t., a boundary, district, = Icel. merki, 
m., a boundary, miirk, a border district, = Sw. 
Dan. mark, a field, = Goth, marka, t., a boun- 
dary, confine, coast; hence (< Teut.) F. marche 
= Sp. Pg. It. ML. marca, border, march (see 
march 1 ); = L. margo, edge, marge, margin ( > E. 
margin, marge), = Zend mere:u, boundary. The 
sense 'boundary' is older as recorded, though 
the sense 'sign' seems logically precedent. The 
two groups may indeed be from entirely differ- 
ent roots.] 1. A visible impression made by 
some material object upon another; a line, dot, 
<ient, cut, stamp, bruise, scar, spot, stain, etc., 
consisting either of the visible effect produced 
by the impressing object or the transfer of a 
part of its substance. A mark in this general sense 
Is understood to be an incidental or a casual effect, with- 
out significance except with reference to means or results. 
Ye shall not make any cuttings In your flesh for the 
dead, nor print any marln upon you. Lev. xlx. 28. 
I have some marltt of yours upon my pate. 
Shale., C. of E., 1. 2. 82. 
Specifically 2. An impressed or attached 
sign, stamp, label, or ticket ; a significant or 
distinguishing symbol or device ; that which is 
impressed or stamped upon or fixed to some- 
thing for information, identification, or verifi- 
cation : as, a manufacturer's marks on his wares 
(see trade-mark); the mark made by an illiter- 
ate person opposite or between the ports of his 
name when written by another on his behalf; 
a merchant's private marks on his goods, to in- 
dicate their price or other particulars to his as- 
sistants ; a mark branded on an animal by its 
owner; to give a student so many marks for 
proficiency. See hall-mark. In ceramics the mark 
is a cipher, word, or other device put upon a piece of 
ware, usually on the bottom or the under side, as an Indi- 
cation of the pottery from which it comes, a signature of 
the painter who decorated it, or the like. Such marks 
are often impressed in the clay before the glaze is ap- 
plied, and often painted under the glaze, or otherwise 
permanently affixed. Very rarely they form a part of the 
decoration, as the Chinese characters painted In gold or 
in red on the Japanese ware known as Kaga or Kiitani. 
On a nautical lead-line a mark is one of the measured in- 
dications of depth, consisting of a white, blue, or red rag, 
a bit of leather, or a knot of small line. 
The Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him 
should kill him. Gen. iv. ir.. 
Dost thou use to write thy name? or hast thou a mart 
to thyself? Shale., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 2. 110. 
The method of the Saxons was ... to affix [to their 
names] the sign of the cross ; which custom our illiterate 
