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The principles and practices of the Jesuits.

The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2. [Cant, Eng.]

The practice of jockeys.

acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson. [Written also Johnsonism.]

siness of managing, editing, or writing for, journals or newspapers; as, political journalism. Journalism is now truly an estate of the realm. Ed. Rev.

The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses. J. S. Mill.

The principles of the aristocratic party in Prussia.

The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy.

Doctrines of the Karaites.

Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation.

Destiny; fate. [Written also kismat.] [Oriental]

Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.; -- so called from its originator, Sebastian Kneipp (1821-97), a German priest.

The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings.

The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language. J. Peile.

Same as Laconism. Pope.

A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.

See Lamaism. [R.]

A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama.

Lamarckism.

The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.