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th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant.

rnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth. -- Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position. -- Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor. -- Floor plan. (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divid…

To shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten. [Obs.] Shak.

corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively. Storehouses crammed with grain. Shak.

hurchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and…

Sacramental; as, housling fire. [R.] Spenser.

per was given them, as a symbol of the spiritual illumination they has received by that sacrament.

A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.

impertinent curiosity. Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great activity, scrambled in at a high window. Johnson. Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove that ignorance they were born with; which, without this busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull. Locke.

A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.

See Kail, 2. Sea kale (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb (Crambe maritima), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage.

. (a) The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus the night before his crucifixion. (b) The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy communion. -- The Lord's Table. (a) The altar or table from which the sacrament is dispensed. (b) The sacrament itself.

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments. Addison.

A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle. Shak.

By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. [Obs.] Usher.

he Christian ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10 above. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring a special grace on those ordained. -- In order to, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to. The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use in order to our eternal happiness. Tillotso…

The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.

ir Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it. -- Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer. -- Shaking palsy, paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait.

sion to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. And bitter penance, with an iron whip. Spenser. Quoth he, "The man hath penance done, And penance more will do." Coleridge.