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religion to another; also, the state of being so changed. "Conversion to Christianity." Prescott.

other or from one party or sect to another. No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. Prescott.

The long joirney was to be performed on horseback, -- the only sure mode of conveyamce. Prescott. Following th river downward, there is conveyance into the countries named in the text. Sir W. Raleigh.

ble. "A prince who regarded uniformity of faith as the corner stone of his government." Prescott. -- Corner tooth, one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.

A piratical vessel. Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean. Prescott.

of life than is often expended in a skirmish, [Charles V.] saved Europe from invasion. Prescott.

is palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. Prescott.

in; to solicit; to seek. They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdem. Prescott. Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and silitude. De Quincey.

il; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant. A patient and courteous bearing. Prescott. His behavior toward his people is grave and courteous. Fuller.

overt from storm. Is. iv. 6. The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside. Prescott.

es and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign. Prescott.

. Arbuthnot. The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces. Prescott.

Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. Prescott.

the fairest provinces of the south still in the hands of the accursed race of Ishmael. Prescott.

use of religion was debated with the same ardor in Spain as on the plains of Palestine. Prescott.

or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue. Battalions debouching on the plain. Prescott.

stionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage. "A more decided taste for science." Prescott.

ct and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott.

e the queen to any demonstration of grief Shak. Loyal demonstrations toward the prince. Prescott.

g their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy. Prescott.