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ll submission and humility York doth present himself unto your highness. Shak. No duty in religion is more justly required by God . . . than a perfect submission to his will in all things. Sir W. Temple.

To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring. Our religion requires from us . . . to submit to pain, disgrace, and even death. Rogers.

sentially. In him all his Father shone, Substantially expressed. Milton. The laws of this religion would make men, if they would truly observe them, substantially religious toward God, chastle, and temperate. Tillotson.

To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation. [R.] He substructs the religion of Asia as the base. Emerson.

nts of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion. And the truth With superstitions and traditions taint. Milton.

ous observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion. Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. Acts xvii. 22.

o, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion. Atterbury.

An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.

Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion. Smart.

"Arnobius asserts that men of the finest parts . . . took up their rest in the Christian religion." Addison. (g) To seize; to catch; to arrest; as, to take up a thief; to take up vagabonds. (h) To admit; to believe; to receive. [Obs.] The ancients took up experiments upon credit. Bacon.

One of the popular religions of China, sanctioned by the state. -- Ta"o*ist, a. & n.

truction; docile. We ought to bring our minds free, unbiased, and teachable, to learn our religion from the Word of God. I. Watts.

One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination. The teachers in all the churches assembled. Sir W. Raleigh.

plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. Prov. xxi. 5. The laws of our religion tend to the universal happiness of mankind. Tillotson.

"Tender of property." Burke. The civil authority should be tender of the honor of God and religion. Tillotson.

Lit., King of Heaven; -- a title of the emperor of Japan as the head of the Shinto religion.

the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers. Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.).

The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of…

d flowery thyme. Cowper. Cat thyme, a labiate plant (Teucrium Marum) of the Mediterranean religion. Cats are said to be fond of rolling on it. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). -- Wild thyme, Thymus Serpyllum, common on banks and hillsides in Europe. I know a bank where the wild thyme blows. Shak.

person has at his disposal. Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to God, to religion, to mankind. Buckminster.