significavitA writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.
sign of the crossA gesture of the hand moving over the front of one's body, or over an object, in the shape of a cross made as part of ritual or to invoke divine protection.
silvicsThe study of the characteristics of trees, including especially their role in the ecology of their forest habitats; such information collected about individual trees and tree species.
sinamineAllyl cyanamide derived from oil of mustard.
sinapineAn alkaloidal amine found in seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, syns. Rhamphospermum nigrum, Sinapis erysimoides, Sinapis tetraedra, etc.), considered a choline ester of sinapic acid.
sinapinicOf or pertaining to sinapinic acid or its derivatives
sinapisinA substance extracted from mustard seed, probably identical with sinalbin.
sinuateTo advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out
siphuncleA strand of tissue passing longitudinally through the shell of a cephalopod, used primarily in emptying water from new chambers as the shell grows.
siphunculeA tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.
si quisA notification by a candidate for Holy Orders of his intention to enquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.
Sixto-ClementineOf, pertaining to, or designating the edition or text of the Vulgate (1592, corrected in 1593 and 1598), correcting that of Pope Sixtus V (r. 1585–90), which was revised on the orders of Pope Clement VIII (r. 1592–1605).
SlaviThe Russian Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated from January 6 through 13 in outstate Alaska, USA, wherever there is a sizable Russian Orthodox population.
sociusAny of the autonomous tribes and city states of the Italian Peninsula in permanent military alliance with the Roman Republic until the Social War of 91–88 BC.
sodomiticEngaging in sodomy; characterised by or involving sodomy.
SogdianaAn ancient Iranian-speaking civilization of what is today eastern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan.