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Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.

See Cæsarism.

An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.

A distinction of character; a characteristic. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.

Of or pertaining to a charism.

Charlatanry.

The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter.

The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.

a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism. -- Chau"vin*ist, n. -- Chau`vin*is"tic (, a.

The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship.

A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.

ices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.

Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.

The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil. Chrismation or cross-signing with ointment, was used in baptism. Jer. Taylor.

A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept.

theory or system that aims to combine the teachings of Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life; Christianized socialism; esp., the principles of this nature advocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and others in England about 1850. -- Christian socialist.

The Christian religion. [Obs.] Milton.

The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens.

Same as Chromatism.