PAULIN
Pau"lin, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Tarpaulin.
PAULINE
Pau"line, a. Etym: [L. Paulinus, fr. Paulus Paul.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the apostle Paul, or his writings; resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Pauline epistles; Pauline doctrine. My religion had always been Pauline. J. H. Newman.
PAULIST
Paul"ist, n. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York. The majority of the members were formerly Protestants.
PAULOWNIA
Pau*low"ni*a, n. Etym: [NL. So named from the Russian princess Anna
Pavlovna.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariaceæ, consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis.
Note: The tree is native to Japan, and has immense heart-shaped leaves, and large purplish flowers in panicles. The capsules contain many little winged seeds, which are beautiful microscopic objects. The tree is hardy in America as far north as Connecticut.
PAUM
Paum, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Palm to cheat.]