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the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.

A member of the sanhedrin. Schaeffer (Lange's Com. ).

en and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.

A member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a Silesian reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially on the deification of the body of Christ.

scoff; to act disdainfully. He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now I remembered, scorned at me. Shak.

end and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who man…

One of a sect; a member or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from established church, or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing denomination in a state.

A sectarian; a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church; a dissenter. I never knew that time in England when men of truest religion were not counted sectaries. Milton.

as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious. Sir W. Hamilton.

's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.

Having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.

A member of the family of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk.

A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.

The punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma.

A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.

A member of a senate. The duke and senators of Venice greet you. Shak.

ior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.

, or that which causes it. The sensation caused by the appearance of that work is still remembered by many. Brougham.

The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business. It's fit this royal session do proceed. Shak.

A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafeï.