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The state of being a member.

State of not being a member.

ated or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawers, professors of religion, etc. "A brother of your order." Shak. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he to-day tha…

y recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.

Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. [Humorous.] G. W. Curtis.

aith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.

To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church. Bp. Hall.

To deprive of membership. [Obs.] They were dismembered by vote of the house. R. North.

The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor. Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom. J. Adams.

The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc. The expulsion of the Tarquins. Shak.

An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.

g baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy all the privileges of church membership, save the partaking of the Lord's Supper. They were also allowed to present their children for baptism. -- Halfway house, an inn or place of call midway on a journey.

To introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies. The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honor after death. Bp. Warburton. He was initiated into half a dozen c…

To enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register. In discovering and matriculating the arms of commissaries from North America. Sir W. Scott.

sociation of knights in the Middle Ages, or a body in modern times taking a similar form, membership of which confers some distinction. -- Military tenure, tenure of land, on condition of performing military service.

To deprive of membership, as in a church.