Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the sense of hearing or the organs of hearing.
- adjective Perceived by or spoken into the ear.
- adjective Shaped like an ear or an earlobe; having earlike parts or extensions.
- adjective Of or relating to an auricle of the heart.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the ear, or to the auricle of the ear; aural: as, the auricular nerve.
- Used in connection with the ear: as, an auricular tube (which see, below).
- Addressed to the ear; privately confided to one's ear, especially the ear of a priest: as, auricular confession.
- Recognized or perceived by the ear; audible.
- Communicated or known by report; hearsay.
- Known or obtained by the sense of hearing: as, auricular evidence.
- Ear-shaped; auriculate; auriform: as, the auricular articulating surface of the human ilium.
- In echinoderms, of or pertaining to the auriculæ: as, an internal auricular process.
- Pertaining to the auricle of the heart.
- noun plural In ornithology, the auricular feathers.
- noun The auricular or little finger. See
auricular finger , above.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing.
- adjective Told in the ear, i. e., told privately.
- adjective Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing.
- adjective Received by the ear; known by report.
- adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
- adjective the little finger; so called because it can be readily introduced into the ear passage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
ear - adjective Of or pertaining to the sense of
hearing - adjective Told in the ear, i. e., told
privately ; as, auricular confession to the priest. - adjective Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence.
- adjective Received by the ear; known by
report . - adjective anatomy Pertaining to the
auricles of theheart . - noun The
little finger .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing
- adjective of or relating to near the ear
- adjective pertaining to an auricle of the heart
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Public confession, as made in the hearing of a number of people (e.g. a congregation) differs from private, or secret, confession which is made to the priest alone and is often called auricular, i.e., spoken into the ear of the confessor.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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The depression behind the ear is called the auricular sulcus.
The Anatomy of the Ear James Gurney 2009
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The depression behind the ear is called the auricular sulcus.
Archive 2009-06-01 James Gurney 2009
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Its advertising purports that when the tiny pad with eight bumps is placed in the outer ear and massaged a few minutes each day, it helps customers lose weight through what ads call "auricular therapy" - an alternative medicine supposedly derived from acupuncture.
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If the idea of auricular Confession were then introduced for the first time, and Christians were not used to it, there would have been an uproar of protest throughout the whole Church.
Latest Articles 2009
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"pious opinion;" there were invocation of saints and worship of images, prayers for the dead, and holy water; but dispensations and indulgences were uninvented, the Inquisition was unknown, numbers of the clergy were married men, and that organ of tyranny and sin, termed auricular confession, had not yet been set up to grind the consciences and torment the hearts of those who sought to please God according to the light they enjoyed.
One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Less certain is the recorded use of knotted scourges in performing penance, and the existence of a peculiar kind of auricular confession.
Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Edward Burnett Tylor
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God, but "one to another" -- a practice not favored by English catechumens -- (by the way, what _do_ you all mean by "auricular" confession -- confession that can be heard? and is the Protestant pleasanter form one that can't be?) (9.)
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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A whisper in this place is very often of great use, as it serves to convey the most secret intelligence, which a lady would be ready to burst with, if she could not find vent for it by this kind of auricular confession.
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant John Hamilton Moore 1772
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His winning word - auricular, meaning quite fittingly understood or recognized by the ear - earned him the prize of a trophy, $5,000 and most importantly, a trip to Ottawa for the national finals March 24-29.
Dose.ca Music briefs Florence Loyie 2010
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