Clement

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clement \Clem"ent\, a. [L. clemens; -entis; cf. F. cl?ment.]
     Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.
     --Shak. -- {Clem"ent*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  clement
       adj 1: (of weather or climate) physically mild; "clement weather"
              [ant: {inclement}]
       2: (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a
          more clement judge reduced the sentence" [ant: {inclement}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "clement":
     accepting, benevolent, benign, benignant, bleeding, charitable,
     commiserative, compassionate, condolent, easy, easygoing,
     forbearant, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, human, humane,
     indulgent, kind, kindly, lax, lenient, melting, merciful, mild,
     moderate, patient, pitying, ruthful, soft, softhearted,
     sympathetic, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, tolerant,
     understanding, warmhearted
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Clement
     mild, a Christian of Philippi, Paul's "fellow-labourer," whose
     name he mentions as "in the book of life" (Phil. 4:3). It was an
     opinion of ancient writers that he was the Clement of Rome whose
     name is well known in church history, and that he was the author
     of an Epistle to the Corinthians, the only known manuscript of
     which is appended to the Alexandrian Codex, now in the British
     Museum. It is of some historical interest, and has given rise to
     much discussion among critics. It makes distinct reference to
     Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Clement, mild; good; merciful