Auricular meaning

ô-rĭk'yə-lər
Of or relating to the sense of hearing or the organs of hearing.
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Perceived by or spoken into the ear.

An auricular confession.

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Shaped like an ear or an earlobe; having earlike parts or extensions.
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Of or relating to an auricle of the heart.

Auricular fibrillation.

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Of or near the ear, or having to do with the sense of hearing.
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Received by or spoken directly into the ear; private.

An auricular confession.

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Shaped like an ear.
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Of an auricle.
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Any of the feathers covering the opening of a bird's ear.
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Of or relating to the sense of hearing or the organs of hearing.
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Shaped like an ear or an earlobe; having earlike parts or extensions.
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Of or relating to an auricle of the heart.

Auricular fibrillation.

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Of or pertaining to the ear.
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Of or pertaining to the sense of hearing.

The auricular nerves were damaged.

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Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.
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Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence.
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Received by the ear; known by report.
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(anatomy) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
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The little finger.
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Origin of auricular

Middle English auriculer spoken into the ear from Late Latin auriculāris from Latin auricula ear auricle

Sentence Examples

  • 1892); Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy (Philadelphia, 1867); History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages (New York, 1888); Chapters from the religious history of Spain connected with the Inquisition (Philadelphia, 1890); History of auricular Confession and Indulgences in the Latin Church (3 vols., London, 1896); The Moriscos of Spain (Philadelphia, 1901), and History of the Inquisition of Spain (4 vols., New York and London, 1906-1907).

  • As public penance finally decayed, and auricular confession took its place, these were superseded by the Summae de Poenitentia, - law-books in the strictest sense.

  • Their crania have a normal development; their cheek-bones are high; their noses prominent, with large nostrils; their lips straight; and they are marked by the absence of the auricular lobules.

  • as previously understood, auricular confession, and monastic vows, the objections to which are stated with much vigour.

  • These parliament enacted into the terrible statute of " The Six Articles," in which a felon's death was prescribed for those who obstinately denied transubstantiation, demanded the communion under both kinds, questioned the binding character of vows of chastity, or the lawfulness of private Masses or the expediency of auricular confession.

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