consolation

  • 121race — Consolation game Con so*la tion game, match match, pot pot, race ace, etc. A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] || …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 122consolationprize — consolation prize n. A prize given to a competitor who loses or does not win the first prize. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 123Nahum —    Consolation, the seventh of the so called minor prophets, an Elkoshite. All we know of him is recorded in the book of his prophecies. He was probably a native of Galilee, and after the deportation of the ten tribes took up his residence in… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 124Tanhumeth —    Consolation, a Netophathite; one of the captains who supported Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:8) …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 125Fawaid-al Fawad — (Consolation of Heart)    A record of Nizam al Din Auliya s conversations compiled by his disciple Hasan Sijzi, a well known Persian poet of the 14th century. The book consists of five parts in which the record of conversations at 188 sittings,… …

    Historical dictionary of Medieval India

  • 126comforting words — consolation, words which make someone feel better, condolences …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 127comfort — Consolation; freedom from want; pleasure; satisfaction; reasonable physical, spiritual, and mental enjoyment. Everett v Paschall, 61 Wash 47, 111 P 879; National Surety Co. v Jarrett, 95 W Va 420, 121 SE 291, 36 ALR 1171, 1176 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 128consolatory — consolation ► NOUN 1) comfort received after a loss or disappointment. 2) a source of such comfort. DERIVATIVES consolatory adjective …

    English terms dictionary