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Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion; Mormon practices.

The doctrine, system, and practices of the Mormons.

To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline. This makes him ... give alms of all that he hath, watch, fast, and mortify. Law.

The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.

The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.

in a healthful and vigorous physical state. T. Hughes. -- Muscular CHristianity. (a) The practice and opinion of those Christians who believe that it is a part of religious duty to maintain a vigorous condition of the body, and who therefore approve of athletic sports and exercises as conductive to good health, good m…

A particular power and practice of poetry. Shak.

The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries.

t, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an expression probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers, who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of money to the counter.

Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life and devotion, the obligation being for life, or for a certain time. The word is also used adjectively.

The vow and practice of a Nazarite.

One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.

Hellenism as surviving or revival in modern times; the practice or pursuit of ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, or literature, as in the Renaissance.

A theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by George Seurat (1859-91), and carried on by Paul Signac (1863- -) and others. Its method is marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots upon a white ground,…

One who advocates or practices nephalism.

One who practices nepotism.

One who skilled in or practices neurotomy.

A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality. Milman.

Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed. New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace. Pope.

One who practices the style of ornamentation called niello.