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Definition of Mensa
1. Noun. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Definition of Mensa
1. Proper noun. Mensa International; an organization for people with very high IQs. ¹
2. Proper noun. (constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans. ¹
3. Noun. In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mensa
1. the grinding surface of a tooth [n -SAS or -SAE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mensa
Literary usage of Mensa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The Latin word mensa has for its primitive signification "a table for meals";
... In ecclesiastical language, the mensa is that portion of the property of a ..."
2. American Journal of Archaeology by Archaeological Institute of America (1891)
"... and who has given his cordial consent to the present publication, has kindly
written me in regard to the Assian mensa as follows: "The block in question ..."
3. Institutes of American Law by John Bouvier (1854)
"In Kentucky, when a divorce is caused for the fault of the husband, the wife
takes as if he were dead.(6) § 2.—Of divorces a mensa et thoro. 299. ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"Since a decree denying divorce for desertion, either a vinculo or a mensa,
necessarily determined that defendant had not at any time prior to the ..."
5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... or departure from the doctrines of the English law on the subject of divorces
a mensa et thoro, (d) x (6) New York Revised Statutes, ii. 147, sec. ..."
6. Institutes of Common and Statute Law by John Barbee Minor (1878)
"Divorces are of two sorts: a mensa et toro and a vin- culo matrimonii. A divorce
a mensa et toro is a mere separation of the parties, suspending their ..."
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