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The doctrine and use of sacraments; attashment of excessive importance to sacraments.

who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power. Man an angel's second, nor his second long. Young.

Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.

Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement. -- Sem`i*of*fi"cial*ly, adv.

om the nodding of its head while on the ground. [Prov. Eng.] No great shakes, of no great importance. [Slang] Byron. -- The shakes, the fever and ague. [Colloq. U.S.]

educe to a position or condition that is relatively secondary or subordinate in activity, importance, effectiveness, or the like; to switch off; to turn aside, as from a purpose. [Colloq.]

Importance; moment; weight; consequence. With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess. De Quincey.

Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.

A person of consideration or importance. Before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody. Acts v. 36.

A person or thing importance. If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Gal. vi. 3.

A person or thing of importance; a somebody. Here come those that worship me. They think that I am somewhat. Tennyson.

. "We highly esteem and stand much upon our birth." Ray. (c) To insist on; to attach much importance to; as, to stand upon security; to stand upon ceremony. (d) To attack; to assault. [A Hebraism] "So I stood upon him, and slew him." 2 Sam. i. 10. -- To stand with, to be consistent with. "It stands with reason that th…

- To start up, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to come suddenly into notice or importance.

Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance. She instructed him how he should keep state, and yet with a modest sense of his misfortunes. Bacon. Can this imperious lord forget to reign, Quit all his state, descend, and serve again Pope.

a high appreciation of. -- To tell no store of, to make no account of; to consider of no importance.

ssure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance. The faculties of the mind are improved by exercise, yet they must not be put to a stress beyond their strength. Locke. A body may as well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream. L'Estrange…

One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.

vision of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositæ.

Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like. It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding. South.

A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid.