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who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.

One governed by indifferentism.

Not teachable; indisposed to be taught, trained, or disciplined; not easily instructed or governed; dull; intractable.

ful and useful labor. Frugal and industrious men are commonly friendly to the established government. Sir W. Temple.

e of facts to,by way of accusation; to warn against anybody. Tertullus . . . informed the governor against Paul. Acts xxiv. 1.

A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment.…

A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue. McKendrick.

; repugnant. We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, is inimical to all other governments. Burke.

y. Dr. H. More. To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough. Locke.

interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena. This attracts the soul, Governs the inner man,the nobler part. Milton.

lish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society. Whenever any from of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government. Jefferson (Decl. of Indep. ).

A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.

Want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government.

Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious. "The insurgent provinces." Motley.

A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state. It is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. Ezra iv. 19.

Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather. Most do taste through fond intemperate thirst. Milton. Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing. Ecclus. xxiii. 13.

part of a country, state, or kingdom. Department of the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of…

A representative, or chargé d'affaires, of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government, ranking next below a nuncio.

Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.

Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.