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in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.

Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.

pollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.

efense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.

To defend. [Obs.] The Christians . . . were apologized by Plinie. Dr. G. Benson.

or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity. It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. Dryden.

ples, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.

To apostatize. [Obs.] We are not of them which apostate from Christ. Bp. Hall.

Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel. He called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles. Luke vi. 13.

Brief. -- Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries. -- Apostolic church, the Christian church; -- so called on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order. The…

One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.

ins or characterizes the first. Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance.

A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.] Blackstone.

One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the Lord's Supper.

ræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.

An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings. -- n.

aign you for want of knowledge. Dryden. It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. I. Taylor.

utterance to. Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand already begun in the Christian church. Bibliotheca Sacra. To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the people. Carlyle.

The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc.