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Religious indifference.

he German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock.

Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley.

Indifferent or neutral. Jer. Taylor.

Indifference. [Obs.]

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. Barrow. 'Tis a needfu…

isfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.

A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause.

A mingling of different things; admixture. Glanvill.

The compound formed by mixing different substances together.

The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.

lly considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.

crease the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters. [Written also adapter.]

Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.

Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it. Brougham.

To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument. Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own. Pope.

Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. Advabtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goe…

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said. I may again advert to the distinction. Owen.

ng, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness. To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation. J. S. Mill.