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The practice of eating, or living upon, fish.

The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.

To practice idolatry. [R.] To idolize after the manner of Egypt. Fairbairn.

Submersion in water for the purpose of Christian baptism, as, practiced by the Baptists.

One who offers in sacrifice; specifically, one of a sect of Russian fanatics who practice self-mutilatio and sacrifice.

An immoral act or practice. Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies and immoralities broke loose among them. Milton.

To hinder; to impede; to prevent. [Obs.] These ungracious practices of his sons did impeach his journey to the Holy Land. Sir J. Davies. A defluxion on my throat impeached my utterance. Howell.

The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to exportation.

To practice trick or deception. To impose on or upon, to pass or put a trick on; to delude. "He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things." Locke.

The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton.

The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson.

s improprieties and absurdities. Johnson. Many gross improprieties, however authorized by practice, ought to be discarded. Swift.

capacity. It is not from an inability to discover what they ought to do, that men err in practice. Blair.

The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson.

Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.

ulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to. "Willing to indulge in easy vices." Johnson.

Not expert; not skilled; destitute of knowledge or dexterity derived from practice. Akenside.

Sir I. Newton. This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to influence their faith and practice, if they attend. Attebury. The principle which influenced their obedience has lost its efficacy. Rogers.

Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] "The initiate fear that wants hard use." Shak.

attorneys, solicitors, etc. -- Inns of court (Eng.), the four societies of "students and practicers of the law of England" which in London exercise the exclusive right of admitting persons to practice at the bar; also, the buildings in which the law students and barristers have their chambers. They are the Inner Templ…