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▪ I. Liberian, a.1|laɪˈbɪərɪən|
[f. Liber(ius (see below) + -ian.]
Of or pertaining to Liberius (Pope, 352–66). So Liberian basilica, one of the early churches of Rome, formerly believed to have stood on the site of S. Maria Maggiore; Liberian calendar, a calendar attributed to the pontificate of Liberius; Liberian catalogue, a list of the Popes until and including Liberius.
a1773A. Butler Lives Saints (1779) X. 316 The Liberian calendar places him [sc. St. Callistus] in the list of martyrs. 1840E. Cox tr. J. J. I. von Döllinger's Hist. Church I. i. 36 The Liberian catalogue would make him to have been bishop during the lifetime of the apostle. 1858N. Wiseman Recoll. Last Four Popes ii. iv. 295 The recollection..will come back..in images..of solemn entrance into..an open basilica... The Liberian speaks to you of Bethlehem..the Sessorian of Calvary. 1913E. R. Barker Rome of Pilgrims & Martyrs i. iv. 50 Philocalian (Liberian) Calendar of 354.—This Calendar is named Liberian, since it was compiled in 354 under Pope Liberius. It is called Philocalian, after its author Philocalus. Ibid. vi. 85 Sixtus III. (432–440) embellished the Liberian basilica. 1957Encycl. Brit. VII. 4/2 Damasus was nominated.., but the intransigents of the Liberian party..set up against him another deacon, Ursinus.
▪ II. Liberian, a.2 and n.|laɪˈbɪərɪən|
[f. Liber(ia (see below) + -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Liberia, a West African state founded in 1822, or its people.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Liberia; also, a Liberian ship.
1854A. H. Foote Afr. & Amer. Flag xxxiv. 386 The Liberians are freemen. Ibid. 388 Captain Cooper will not take exception at the remark, that it is ‘the day of small things’ with the Liberian navy. 1855Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. I. 307 The Liberians..have acquired lands which no European power could peaceably gain from the natives. 1868J. A. Horton W. Afr. Countries xvii. 270 The entrance to Monrovia, the capital of the Liberian Republic, reminds one of the entrance to a purely native town. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 508/1 The Liberian variety of coffee held in such high esteem. 1906H. H. Johnston Liberia I. i. 7 The governing class..consists of approximately twelve thousand Negroes and Mulattos of American origin, to whom may be added..about thirty thousand ‘civilised’ Liberians of local origin. 1914W. H. Page Let. 5 July in B. J. Hendrick Life & Lett. W. H. Page (1925) III. ix. 120 About half the Liberian Cabinet..have asked for an audience with me this week. 1944Amer. Speech XIX. 164 In Liberia the descendants of returned American slaves who constitute the ruling caste of the country used to call themselves Americo-Liberians... But I am informed by Mr. Ben Hamilton, Jr., formerly of the Liberian consulate in Los Angeles, that..‘Liberians consider the term Americo-Liberian opprobrious... Hence they prefer to be called civilized or Monrovian Liberians to distinguish themselves from the natives of the hinterland.’ 1952A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 121 Coffea..liberica, ‘Liberian Coffee’, white, fragrant, 15 to 20 ft., Trop. Africa. 1971B. Callison Plague of Sailors iii. 98 Now, when you get aboard the Liberian... 1973R. Thomas If you can't be Good (1974) ii. 13 A Dutch freighter, flying a Liberian flag of convenience. 1973Times 17 Apr. (Liberia Suppl.) p. ii/6 By 1970..this group employed 1,500 Liberians and was the largest of Liberian concerns. |