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Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention on some object or idea.

The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self- moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.

The use of automobiles, or the practices, methods, or the like, of those who use them. -- Au`to*mo"bil*ist, n.

Automorphic characterization. H. Spenser.

The doctrine of God's self-existence. [R.]

The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line when uninfluenced by external stimuli.

The tenets of the Averroists.

Worship of Baal; idolatry.

The doctrine of a modern religious sect, which originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and Parsee elements.

Rabhik (1820 -- 1850), who assumed the title of Bab-ed-Din (Per., Gate of the Faith). Babism is a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish, and Parsi elements. This doctrine forbids concubinage and polygamy, and frees women from many of the degradations imposed upon them among the orthodox Mohammedans. Mendicancy, the…

The state of being a baby.

The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.

Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors. W. Irving.

The religious tenets or practices of the Bahais.

A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London.

The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring.

Pertaining to baptism; as, baptismal vows. Baptismal name, the Christian name, which is given at baptism.

In a baptismal manner.

A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton.

The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.