Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Sylvan; inhabiting the woods.
  • noun One of an order of Roman Catholic monks under the Benedictine rule, confirmed by Pope Innocent IV. in 1247.
  • noun A nun belonging to the order of the Sylvestrians in its flourishing period. See Sylvestrian, 3.
  • noun A memberof a female order of Sylvestrians which exists in Perugia. The habit is composed of a gown, scapulary, cowl, and mantle of a dark-brown color.
  • Pertaining to the order of the Sylvestrians.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Sylvan.

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  • adjective sylvan

Etymologies

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Latin sylvestris, better silvestris.

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