Con*tem"pla*tive, n. (R. C. Ch.) A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.
Con*tem"pla*tive*ly, adv. With contemplation; in a contemplative manner.
Con*tem"pla*tive*ness, n. The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.
Con"tem*pla`tor (?; 277), n. [L.] One who contemplates. Sir T. Browne.
Con*tem`po*ra*ne"i*ty (?), n. The state of being contemporaneous.
The lines of contemporaneity in the o÷litic system.
J. Philips.
Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.] Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.
The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy.
Milman
-- Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.
Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. At the same time with some other event.
Con*tem"po*ra*ri*ness (?), n. Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness. Howell.
Con*tem"po*ra*ry (?), a. [Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.] 1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.
This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe.
Strype.