Definition of Besteary
Bestiary, a name given to a class of books treating of animals,
viewed allegorically.
- Wikipedia
Bes"ti*a*ry (?), n. [LL.
bestiarium, fr. L. bestiarius pert. to beasts, fr.
bestia beast: cf. F. bestiaire.] A treatise on
beasts; esp., one of the moralizing or allegorical beast tales written
in the Middle Ages.
A bestiary . . . in itself one of the numerous
mediæval renderings of the fantastic mystical
zoölogy. Saintsbury.
Bes"ti*a*ry (?), n. [LL.
bestiarium, fr. L. bestiarius pert. to beasts, fr.
bestia beast: cf. F. bestiaire.] A treatise on
beasts; esp., one of the moralizing or allegorical beast tales written
in the Middle Ages.
A bestiary . . . in itself one of the numerous
mediæval renderings of the fantastic mystical
zoölogy. Saintsbury.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A medieval treatise of various real or imaginary animals.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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