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One opposed to the doctrines and practices of socialists or socialism.

The practice of aping; an apish action. Coleridge.

A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.

he doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.

Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.

The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.

An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.

To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment. To arrive at, or attain to. When he arrived at manhood. Rogers. We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts. McCosh. If at great things thou wouldst arrive. Mi…

Cunning; artifice; craft. Madam, I swear I use no art at all. Shak. Animals practice art when opposed to their superiors in strength. Crabb.

One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist. [Obs.]

One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan. [Obs.] How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast, Instruct the articles and reward their. Waller.

evotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things. I am far from commending those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts. Norris. Ascetic theology, the science which treats of the practice of the theological and…

The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.

One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars.

To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology.

Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.

The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.

The state or practice of an athlete; the characteristics of an athlete.

One who practices attitudes.

The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.