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HIERONYMIC

\hˌa͡ɪ͡əɹənˈɪmɪk], \hˌa‍ɪ‍əɹənˈɪmɪk], \h_ˌaɪə_ɹ_ə_n_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of HIERONYMIC

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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h[=i]-e-r[=o]-nim'ik, adj. of or pertaining to St Jerome--also HIERONYM'IAN.--n. HIERON'YMITE, one of the many hermit orders established in the course of the 13th and 14th centuries. [L. Hieronymus, Jerome.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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