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The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.

away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority. Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties Burke.

Irregular; departing from common or established rules.

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out. When he appointed the foundations of the earth. Prov. viii. 29.

Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments. According to the appointment of the priests. Ezra vi. 9.

a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power. Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness. Washington.

A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.

A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day.

. Austin, and black canons. -- Augustinian hermits or Austin friars, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790. -- Augustinian nuns, an order of nuns following the rule of St. Augustine. -- Augustinian rule, a rule for religious communi…

The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.

The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant. The authorization of laws. Motley. A special authorization from the chief. Merivale.

To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.

An officer of the king's stables whose duty it was to provide oats for the horses. [Obs.]

n bills of lading, "primage and average accustomed," average means a kind of composition established by usage for such charges, which were formerly assessed by way of average. Arnould. Abbott. Phillips.

Verification; establishment by evidence. Bacon.

his standard, and returned to their ordinary avocations. Macaulay. An irregularity and instability of purpose, which makes them choose the wandering avocations of a shepherd, rather than the more fixed pursuits of agriculture. Buckle.

An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.

That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability.

A division for the stalls of an open stable.