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be baptized, and that Christians ought not to take oath, hold office, or render military service.

One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service. Milman.

Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars. -- Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. Am. Cyc. -- Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce. -- Merchant tailor, a tailor w…

To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment. "This kindness merits thanks." Shak.

Mass; church service. [Obs.] Chaucer.

lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service.

., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required.

ome distinction. -- Military tenure, tenure of land, on condition of performing military service.

est sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies…

To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular. The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. Matt. xx. 28.

Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant. Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames. Prior.

Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command; subordinate. "Princedoms and dominations ministrant." Milton. -- n.

The act of ministering; service; ministry. "The days of his ministration." Luke i. 23.

The act of ministering; ministration; service. "With tender ministry." Thomson.

The service or sacrifice of the Mass.

The book containing the service of the Mass for the entire year; a Mass book.

Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy. In these ships there should be a mission of three of the fellows or brethren of Solomon's house. Bacon.

To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps.

d about 1843, principally for the purpose of intimidating law officers and preventing the service of legal writs. Its members disguised themselves in the dress of women. (b) A member of a similar association of Irishmen organized in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, about 1854, for the purpose of intimidating…

t of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, morning dew; morning light; morning service. She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with dew. Shak. Morning gown, a gown worn in the morning before one is dressed for the day. -- Morning gun, a gun fired at the first stroke of reveille at military posts.…