Category:Western

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.