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Definition of Clement
1. Adjective. (of weather or climate) physically mild. "Clement weather"
2. Adjective. (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy. "A more clement judge reduced the sentence"
Definition of Clement
1. a. Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.
Definition of Clement
1. Proper noun. ( male given name), borne by an early pope and by several saints. ¹
2. Adjective. Lenient or merciful; charitable. ¹
3. Adjective. Said of weather and similar circumstances that are mild. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clement
1. merciful [adj] - See also: merciful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clement
Literary usage of Clement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"In the affairs of the Empire Clement pursued a vacillating course; ... When Henry,
however, fell out with Robert of Naples, Clement took the latter's side, ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"Clement was negotiating with France, who did her utmost to draw the Papacy from
the embrace of Spain. Francis I proposed the marriage of his second son ..."
3. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1900)
"JOSEPH Clement, who was elected an associate member of the INSTITUTE April ...
Mr. Clement was born in Oakland, California, and was 28 years of age at the ..."
4. History of the Popes: Their Church and State by Leopold von Ranke, E. Fowler (1901)
"It was the opinion of Cartari that many would be found to write the life of
Clement X, and it is to these persons that he dedicates these materials. ..."
5. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1888)
"As Clement had reserved the matter for papal judgment, it was necessary that ...
Clement might well shrink from confronting de Molay and the chiefs of the ..."
6. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Allan Menzies, Bernhard Pick (1885)
"But, though Clement doubtless wrote the letter, he conceals his own name, ...
Clement fell asleep, probably soon after he despatched his letter. ..."
7. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"Pope Clement the Sixth,4 the successor of Benedict, received them with hospitality
and honor, acknowledged the innocence of their sovereign, excused. his ..."
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