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the Lord. Jer.ii.3. His holiness, a title of the pope; -- formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors.

nes. By hook or by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. Milton. "In hope her to attain by hook or crook." Spenser. -- Off the hooks, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.] "In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone out o…

e English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.

Prior. Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. Washington. Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (M. sensitiva). -- To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to i…

The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification. Bp. Hopkins.

An extract of hops.

a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety. The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job viii. 13. I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. Shak.

To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.

Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes.

omenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley's theory of idealism.

God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop. South.

verhelm. The queen immersed in such a trance. Tennyson. It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. Atterbury.

An Indian crested pheasant of the genus Lophophorus. Several species are known. Called also monaul, monal.

course of events; as, an improbable story or event. He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbable letter, as some of the contents discover. Milton. -- Im*prob"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prob"a*bly, adv.

the full possession and exercise of any office. These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during his incumbency. Swift.

war." Bacon. Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the indiction of, synods of bishops. Jer. Taylor.

t honor in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently. Shak. I hope it may indifferently entertain your lordship at an unbending hour. Rowe.

Native; inherent; innate. Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human mind. I. Taylor.

contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult. How might a prince of my great hopes forget So great indignities you laid upon me Shak. A person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foul indignities. Hooker.

au. & Fl. These promises are fair, the parties sure, And our induction dull of prosperous hope. Shak.