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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Western \West"ern\, a.
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1. Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in
the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that
quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of
France; the western ocean.
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Far o'er the glowing western main. --Keble.
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2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course;
coming from the west; as, a western breeze.
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{Western Church}. See {Latin Church}, under {Latin}.
{Western empire} (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman
empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great,
between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d. 395.
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