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1,661 words match “RINE”

EUCHLORIC a.
Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine; as, euchloric . Davy.
EUDOXIAN n.
ch of Antioch and Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius.
EUNOMIAN n.
Of or pertaining to Eunomius or his doctrine.
EUTYCHIANISM n.
The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers.
EUXANTHIN n.
imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.
EVANGELICAL a.
Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preëminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied t…
EVANGELICALISM n.
Adherence to evangelical doctrines; evangelism. G. Eliot.
EVANGELIST n.
A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A trave…
EVOLUTIONIST n.
one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics. Darwin.
EXCRETE v.
To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. "The mucus thus excreted." Hooper.
EXEMPLARITY n.
Exemplariness. [R.] The exemplarity of Christ's life. Abp. Sharp.
EXEMPLARY a.
tation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct. [Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary. Bacon.
EXFETATION n.
Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra- uterine fetation. Hoblyn.
EXOTERIC; EXOTERICAL a.
prehended; -- opposed to esoteric, or secret. The foppery of an exoteric and esoteric doctrine. De Quincey.
EXPERIENTIALISM n.
The doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to intuitionists. Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not a philosophical one. G. C. Robertson.
EXPERIENTIALIST n.
One who accepts the doctrine of experientialism. Also used adjectively.
EXPLODE v.
and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine. Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. Burke. To explode and exterminate dark atheism. Bently.
EXPLORATION n.
physical examination. "An exploration of doctrine." Bp. Hall.
EXPLOSIVE n.
compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
EXPRESS v.
ell. My words express my purpose. Shak. They expressed in their lives those excellent doctrines of morality. Addison.
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