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aspirations after liberty and truth, and as the religion best suited to the character and institutions of the American people. (b) Improperly, certain views or principles erroneously ascribed to Father Hecker in a French translation of Elliott's Life of Hecker. They were condemned as "Americanism" by the Pope, in a let…

A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year…

lding in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or…

Done or being within doors; within a house or institution; domestic; as, indoor work.

A person dwelling in, or having charge of, an infirmary, esp. in a monastic institution.

The act of instituting; institution. [Obs.] "Water sanctified by Christ's institute." Milton.

Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order. "Institutive decency." Milton.

In conformity with an institution. Harrington.

To maintain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store. Like a pedant that keeps a school. Shak. Every one of them kept house by himself. Hayward.

ngage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority. -- Lance bucket (Cavalry), a socket attached to a saddle or stirrup strap, in which to rest the but of a lance. -- Lance…

A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piété.

The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; freemasonry.

The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages. [Written also medievalism.]

Of or pertaining to Mohammed, or the religion and institutions founded by Mohammed. [Written also Mahometan, Mahomedan, Muhammadan, etc.]

Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.

oney at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house.

" Most of the chief features of the method are borrowed from current methods used in many institutions for training feeble-minded children, and dating back especially to the work of the French-American physician Edouard O. Seguin (1812- 80).

A gift to some charitable or religious institution; -- nearly synonymous with mortmain.

eader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions.

, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock. All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. Rev. vii. 9.