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Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.

ne of the court party in the time of king Charles L. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. Clarendon.

Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.

orn in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system.

of Concord, N. H., in 1866, and bases its teaching on the Scriptures as understood by its adherents.

Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.

n; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic. Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido Dennis.

appointed by the President, consisting of three members, not more than two of whom may be adherents of the same party, which has the control, through examinations, of appointments and promotions in the classified civil service. It was created by act of Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403).

To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] Dryden

Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.

One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art. Ruskin.

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling. My bones cleave to my skin. Ps. cii. 5. The diseases of Egypt . . . shall cleave unto thee. Deut. xxviii. 60. Sophistry cleaves close to and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects. Cowper.

A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together. And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus Mrs. Hemans.

A fruit, as a peach, whose flesh adheres to the stone.

To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass. Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together. Evelyn.

A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).

Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts.

To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together. Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days. Boyle.