n. [ alcoran, fr. Ar. al-qorān, orig. the reading, the book, fr. qaraa to read. Cf. Koran. ] The Muslim Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form).
a. Of or pertaining to the Koran. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gael. coranach, or corranach, a crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), a dirge; comh with + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek. ] A lamentation for the dead; a dirge.
It is harder to dance a corant well, than a jig. Sir W. temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An edulcorant remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Edulcorate. ] Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. stercoranista, fr. L. stercus, -oris, dung. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged to hold, that the consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the body of the recipient. [ 1913 Webster ]