someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
(used of things) lacking sense or awareness; "fine innocent weather"
lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"
lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation"
requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
sharply inclined; "a heavy grade"
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding"
of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work; "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery"
marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"
unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water"
of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas"
slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; "heavy artillery"; "heavy infantry"; "a heavy cruiser"; "heavy guns"; "heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries"
full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"
made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat"
of relatively large extent and density; " a heavy line"
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'"
slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands"
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
suitable to or characteristic of drama; "a dramatic entrance in a swirling cape"; "a dramatic rescue at sea"
sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking good looks always created a sensation"
used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style; "a dramatic tenor"; "a dramatic soprano"
pertaining to or characteristic of drama; "dramatic arts"