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Definition of Seton
1. Noun. United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821).
Generic synonyms: Religious Leader
Definition of Seton
1. n. A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed.
Definition of Seton
1. Noun. (medicine agriculture) A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seton
1. a type of surgical thread [n -S]
Medical Definition of Seton
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Seton
Literary usage of Seton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"642), his grandson, and the son of Sir William seton, billed in the lifetime of
his father, Sir John seton, at the battle of Verneuil in Normandy on 17 Aug. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Meanwhile Cecilia seton and her sister Harriet came to Mrs. seton in Baltimore.
As a preliminary to the formation of the new community, Mrs. seton took vows ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Meanwhile Cecilia seton and her sister Harriet came to Mrs. seton in Baltimore.
Aa a preliminary to the formation of the new community, Mrs. seton took vows ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1854)
"CHARLES seton, APPELLEE. Under a grant of the governor of Florida, prior to the
session of the same to the United States, of sixteen thousand ..."
5. The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland from the Earliest Christian by David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross (1897)
"A disused edifice situated in the private grounds of seton Castle, about two miles
... The parish of seton having been joined to that of Tranent in 1580, ..."
6. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1863)
"Of his next brother, Sir John seton, Lord Barns, the following particulars ...
From the earliest period, the family of seton filled a prominent place in the ..."
7. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"Mr. seton, whose son married Miss Bayley, was chosen first cashier of the Bank
of New York, ... He subsequently founded the house of seton, Maitland & Co. ..."
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