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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant, Potentilla Tormentilla. See
tormentil . - noun A figure composed of seven lobes or leaves. Compare cinquefoil, quatrefoil, sexfoil. Specifically A figure of seven equal segments of a circle, used as an ecclesiastical symbol of the seven sacraments, seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A European herb, the tormentil. See
tormentil . - noun (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf.
Cinquefoil ,Quarterfoil , andTrefoil . - noun (Eccl.Art.), rare A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of seven partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
- noun heraldry A stylized
flower orleaf with sevenlobes .
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