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ed to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State. Shipley.

The principles of the Erastains.

ghts or subject; bombast. Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched fustian. Addison.

A writer of fustian. [R.] Milton.

Rationalism.

Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia, or family Orchestidæ. See Beach flea, under Beach.

A believer in the existence of phlogiston.

Half Christianized.

Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel.

To turn from the Christian faith; to cause to abandon the belief and profession of Christianity.

Unchristian. Milton.

The quality or state of being unchristian. [R.] Eikon Basilike.

An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work.

An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young men, founded, June 6, 1844, by George Williams (knighted therefor by Queen Victoria) in London. In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada, and in 1855 representatives of similar organizations throughout Europe and…

An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which were combined in the year 1884 as a national association. Now nearly all the civili…

t; a compendium or abstract. This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian. Jer. Taylor.

The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with). The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine. Fuller. A judicious abidance by rules. Helps.

le to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. Raleigh.

A Christian sect without a leader.

istence, authority, truth, or genuineness. Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. Hooker.