Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CI-VIL'IAN
CI-VIL'IAN, n. [from civil.]
- One who is skilled in the Roman law; a professor or doctor of civil law. – Encyc. 2. In a more extended sense, one who is versed in law and government.
- A student of the civil law at the university. – Graves.
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