Emily Dickinson Lexicon

connoisseur, n. [Fr. connoisseur < L. cognōsc-ere, thoroughly acquainted with, investigate, get to know.]

A critical judge in matters of taste or art; expert; authority; a person well enough acquainted with one of the fine arts to pass competent judgment in relation thereto.

conquer (-ed, -s), v. [ME cuncwear-i < L. conquærere, seek for, search for, gain, win, procure by effort.] (webplay: defeats, overcome, save, will).

Get the better of; vanquish; prevail against; win a battle against.

conqueror, n. [(conquer + -or); see conquer, v.]

Victor; winner; one who defeats an adversary.

conscience, n. [Fr. < L. conscientia, privity of knowledge, knowledge withing oneself.]

Internal judgment of right and wrong; moral sense.

conscientious, adj. [Fr. conscientieux]

Governed by strict regard to known or supposed rules of right and wrong; scrupulous; careful. [wordplay]– like a "conscientious judge" and "Synod" in 1373 is a meeting of ecclesiastical leaders to determine discipline (i.e. judges).

conscious (-er), adj. [L. consci-us, knowing something with others, knowing in oneself, privy to.] (webplay: certain, existence, fact, knowing, memory, mind, myself, passes, power, spirits, thoughts).

1. Having one's mental faculties in an active state; power of knowing one's own thoughts and mental operations.
2. Knowing, well aware; alert; sometimes knowing by internal perception.

consciously, adv. [(conscious + -ly); see conscious, adj.] (webplay: existence, power).

Intentionally; purposefully; deliberately; with an awareness of one's actions and their consequences.

consciousness (consciousness'), n. [(conscious + -ness); see conscious, adj.] (webplay: certain, countenance, essential, existence, experience, feared, knowing, knowledge, mind, myself, offense, persuasion, possess, power, thoughts).

1. Mental awareness; cognizance; knowledge of one's own mental operations, or of what passes in one's one mind.
2. Internal sense or knowledge of guilt or innocence.
3. The state of being alive, mortal, and thinking.

consecrate (-d), v. [see consecrate, adj.] (webplay: God).

1. Declare sacred; make holy; bless; sanctify;
2. Ordain; set apart; dedicate for a purpose; choose.

consecrated, adj. [L. consecrāt-us < L. consecrā-re, dedicate, devote as sacred, deify.] (webplay: gold, rank, sacred, solemn).

Made holy; blessed; sacred; set aside for special religious use, specifically as an element of the Eucharist.