the infirmity of old age

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• old age — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. seniority, dotage, infirmity; see age 2 , senility . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. retirement age, senescence, declining years, *winter of one s life, enfeeblement, dotage, senility. To take in sail. Emerson. To be left… …   English dictionary for students

• The Canon of Medicine — (Arabic: القانون في الطب Al Qanun fi al Tibb The Law of Medicine ; Persian: قانون Qanun Law ; Latin: Canon Medicinae Canon of Medicine ; Chinese: Hui Hui Yao Fang Prescriptions of the Hui Nationality ) is a 14 volume Arabic medical encyclopedia… …   Wikipedia

• infirmity — [in fʉr′ mə tē] n. [ME infirmite < L infirmitas] 1. the quality or state of being infirm; feebleness; weakness 2. pl. infirmities an instance of this; specif., a) a physical weakness or defect; frailty or ailment, as from old age b) a moral… …   English World dictionary

• infirmity — Synonyms and related words: abnormality, abulia, acute disease, advanced age, advanced years, affection, affliction, age of retirement, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, an incurable disease, anility, atrophy, bacterial disease, bad habit,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• age — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Old age Nouns 1. age, years, oldness; life expectancy, life span; longevity, length of years; gerontology, geriatrics; gerontocracy; ageism. 2. (maturity) adulthood, man or womanhood, maturity; legal or… …   English dictionary for students

• The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …   Wikipedia

• infirmity — noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑frailty, ↑debility, ↑feebleness, ↑frailness, ↑valetudinarianism • Derivationally related forms: ↑frail …   Useful english dictionary

• Care of the Poor by the Church —     Care of the Poor by the Church     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Care of the Poor by the Church     I. OBJECTS, HISTORY, AND ORGANIZATION     A. The care of the poor is a branch of charity. In the narrow sense charity means any exercise of mercy… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Society of Jesus —     The Society of Jesus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Society of Jesus     (Company of Jesus, Jesuits)     See also DISTINGUISHED JESUITS, JESUIT APOLOGETIC, EARLY JESUIT GENERALS, and fou …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Jesuits (The Society of Jesus) —     The Society of Jesus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Society of Jesus     (Company of Jesus, Jesuits)     See also …   Catholic encyclopedia

• To stop the mouth — Stop Stop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stopping}.] [OE. stoppen, AS. stoppian (in comp.); akin to LG. & D. stoppen, G. stopfen, Icel. stoppa, Sw. stoppa, Dan. stoppe; all probably fr. LL. stopare, stupare, fr. L. stuppa the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English