auricular
IPA: ɔrˈɪkjuɫɝ
noun
- The little finger, the outermost and smallest finger of the hand.
- (humorous) The ear.
adjective
- (relational) Of or pertaining to the ear.
- (anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the sense of hearing.
- Told to the ear; told privately.
- Recognized by the ear; understood by the sense of hearing.
- (anatomy, relational) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
- (art, relational) Pertaining to a style of ornamental decoration, originating in Northern Europe in the first half of the 17th century, that uses softly flowing abstract shapes in relief some of which bear a resemblance to the human ear; commonly used in silverware, picture frames, and architecture.
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Examples of "auricular" in Sentences
- The depression behind the ear is called the auricular sulcus.
- Less certain is the recorded use of knotted scourges in performing penance, and the existence of a peculiar kind of auricular confession.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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.
- 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.
- "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.
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