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Subject: [PaCambri] Links for Genealogy terms
Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 20:10:25 EDT

Hi All, Curiousity killed the cat. Satisfaction brought it back :)
A while back there was some discussion re: Relict vs. Consort. Got to=20
browsing around and came across many, many links and definitions for those=20
and other arcane genealogical terms. All have lots and lots of genealogy=20
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A few "choice" ones are listed below.
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1. This one is really cool:

http://www.merrycoz.org/voices/bartlett/AMER04.HTM

Dictionary of Americanisms, by John Russell Bartlett (1848) lists
words from the 1700s and 1800s. Many are no longer heard, and others are=20
often used in a different fashion that we would think of today.=20

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2. Ancestor Quest Genealogy
http://members.tripod.com/~Randy_T/aqggendic.html
relict -- left behind, surviving

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3. Ghostwheel
http://projects.ghostwheel.com/

two definitions found
>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relict \Rel"ict\ (-?kt), n. [L. relicta, fr. of relictus
of relinquere to leave behind. See {Relinquish}.]
A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.

Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obliged by law to marry his relict, and s=
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to raise up seed to his brother Eli. --South.

>From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]:
relict
n (1) an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise=20
extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it=20
originated
n (2) geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation=20
after other parts have disappeared=20

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3. Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/61/99/R0139900.html

The American Heritage=C2=AE Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Editi=
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SYLLABICATION: rel=C2=B7ict=20
PRONUNCIATION: rl=C2=B4kt, r-lkt=C2=B4=20
NOUN : 1. Ecology An organism or species of an earlier time surviving in an=20
environment that has undergone considerable change. 2. Something that has=20
survived; a remnant. 3. A widow. =20
ADJECTIVE : Geology of or relating to something that has survived, as=20
structures or minerals after destructive processes. =20
ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English relicte, left undisturbed, from Latin relictu=
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past participle of relinquere, to leave behind, See RELINQUISH. Sense 3,=20
Middle English relicte, from Medieval Latin relicta, from feminine past=20
participle of Latin relinquere. =20
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Surprisingly, I found for CONSORT many definitions relating to instrumental=20
chamber ensembles.

CONSORT
The American Heritage=C2=AE Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Editi=
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SYLLABICATION: con=C2=B7sort=20
PRONUNCIATION: kon=C2=B4s=C3=B4rt=C2=B4=C2=B4=20
NOUN : 1. A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch. 2. A=20
companion or partner. 3. A ship accompanying another in travel. 4.=20
Partnership; association: =E2=80=9Cgoverned in consort with her advisers.=
=E2=80=9D 5. A=20
group; a company: =E2=80=9Ca consort of fellow diplomats.=E2=80=9D 6. Music=20=
a. An=20
instrumental ensemble. b. An ensemble using instruments of the same family.=20=
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VERB : Inflected forms: =E2=80=94sort=C2=B7ed, =E2=80=94sort=C2=B7ing, =E2=
=80=94sorts (kn-s=C3=B4rt=C2=B4) =20
INTRANSITIVE VERB : 1. To keep company; associate: =E2=80=9Ca politician kno=
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consort with gangsters.=E2=80=9D 2. To be in accord or agreement. =20
TRANSITIVE VERB : 1. To unite in company; associate. 2. Obsolete a. To=20
escort; accompany. b. To espouse. =20
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, colleague, from Old French, from Latin=20
cnsorscnsort-, com-, com-, + sors, fate. ser-=20

The American Heritage=C2=AE Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Editi=
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Copyright =C2=A9 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton=
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Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.=20

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4. Merriam-Webster
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=3DDictionary&va=3Dconsort
About the same as American Heritage definitions

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5. http://www.flashrock.com/dictionary/music_dictionary.htm =20
Consort - A 17th-century term for instrumental chamber ensembles and for the=
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compositions written for these ensembles. ...=20

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