dist.

American  

abbreviation

1. distance.

2. distant.

3. distinguish.

4. distinguished.

5. district.

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Example Sentences

For the canon law, see under De Consecratione, dist. v, c. xxi, "Contraria sunt divinae cognitioni praecepta medicinae: a jejunio revocant, lucubrare non sinunt, ab omni intentione meditiationis abducunt."

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

Lors luy prie gallehault, & dist. and prays her to have mercy on him.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

Abrest of an open bay; dist. off the nearest shore, two or three miles.

From The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Becke, Louis

Look back, consider what was thought at some dist. period.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman