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Movable \Mov"a*ble\, n.; pl. {Movables}.
1. An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of
property not fixed, or not a part of real estate;
generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture. [Also
spelled {moveable}.]
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Furnished with the most rich and princely movables.
--Evelyn.
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2. (Rom. Law) Property not attached to the soil.
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Note: The word is not convertible with personal property,
since rents and similar incidents of the soil which are
personal property by our law are immovables by the
Roman law. --Wharton.
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Movable \Mov"a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. movable. See {Move}.]
1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or
conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture;
susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a
movable steam engine. [Also spelled {moveable}.]

Syn: transferable, transferrable, transportable.
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2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i.
e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year
to year.
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{Movable letter} (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced,
as opposed to one that is quiescent.

{Movable feast} (Ecclesiastical), a holy day that changes
date, depending on the lunar cycle. An example of such a
day is {Easter}.
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