See Also: Christus Saint Joseph's Health System(health)
Christus Saint Michael health System(health)
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System(health)
Sisters of Saint Joseph Health System(health)
Christus Saint Joseph Hospital(health)
Saint Joseph Health Center(health)
Saint Joseph Health Services(health)
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Saint Joseph Regional Health Center(health)
Saint Clare's Health System(health)

obliquity (iou) and Christus Saint Joseph's Health System (health)


obliquity (iou)



obliquity noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French obliquite from Latin obliquitas, from obliquus OBLIQUE adjective: see -ITY.]
The quality of being oblique in direction, position, or form; (degree or extent of) inclination at an oblique angle to a line or plane. LME.
C. Darwin The obliquity of the eye, which is proper to the Chinese and Japanese.
fig.
a. Divergence from right conduct or thought; perversity, aberration; an instance of this. arch. LME.
Donne The perversnesse and obliquity of my will. Gladstone Mr. Ward evinces the same thorough one-sidedness and obliquity of judgment.
b. Indirectness in action, speech, etc.; a way or method that is not direct or straightforward. E17.
James Mill The obliquities of Eastern negotiation wore out the temper of Lally. A. Brookner A mild and subtle influence compounded of glancing opinions, smiling obliquities, tender and persuasive flatteries.
c. Deviation from a rule or order. rare. M17-M18.
obliquitous adjective characterized by obliquity M19.

Christus Saint Joseph's Health System (health)


Christus Saint Joseph's Health System is a hospital in Paris, Texas (USA).