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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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Far o'er the glowing western main. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]