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semi-ˈdouble, a. (n.)
[semi- 1. So Fr.]
1. Liturg. (See quots.) Also n. = semi-double feast. [tr. med.L. sēmiduplex.]
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v., The Semidouble office has double Vespers and Nine Lessons at Mattins; but the Anthems are not re-doubled. 1850Vesper Bk. Pref. p. xii, Sundays and Days within an Octave are Semi-doubles. 1884Cath. Dict. 344/1 On semi-doubles, half of the antiphon was repeated before, the whole after the psalm. 1909Cath. Encycl. VI. 23/1 In the Mass, the semidouble has always at least three orationes or prayers.
2. Of flowers: Having the innermost stamens perfect, while the outermost have become petaloid.
1720P. Blair Bot. Ess. iv. 294 The double Roses seldom fructify, but if you shall take the Hip of one that's semi⁓double [etc.]. 1796New Ann. Reg. 146, I had collected my opium from double or semi-double poppies. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 366 Cultivated semi-double flowers. |