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An adherent of the religion of the Brahmans.

To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.

An adherent of Descartes.

An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic. Old Catholic, the name assumed in 1870 by members of the Roman Catholic church, who denied the ecumenical character of the Vatican Council, and Rejected its decrees, esp. that concerning the infallibility of the pope, as contrary to the ancient Catholic faith.…

The faith of the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto.

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

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

Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.

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

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.

pointed 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).

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

Adherence; attachment; devotion. [R.] A more tenacious cling to worldly respects. Milton.

A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort. What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece Paley.

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

Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural. These affections are connatural to us. L'Estrange.

Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence. The melodious consent of the birds. Holland. Such is the world's great harmony that springs From union, order, full consent of things. Pope.

dhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. Bacon. We are as water, weak, and of no consistence. Jer. Taylor. The same form, substance, and consistency. T. Burne…

Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness.