West"ern (?), a.
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.
Far o'er the glowing western main.
Keble. 2. Moving
toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as,
a western breeze.
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.
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