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Word Meanings - EXCISION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication. (more info) 1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision.

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The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication. (more info) 1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision. Atterbury.

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  • CHURCHLINESS
    Regard for the church.
  • EXCISION
    The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication. (more info) 1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision.
  • CHURCHLIKE
    Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak.
  • CHURCH
    AS. circe, cyrice; akin to D. kerk, Icel. kirkja, Sw. kyrka, Dan. kirke, G. kirche, OHG. chirihha; all fr. Gr. ç'd4ra hero, Zend. çura 1. A building set apart for Christian worship. 2. A Jewish or heathen temple. Acts xix. 37. 3. A formally
  • CHURCHYARD
    The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak. Syn. -- Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis; cemetery; God's acre.
  • CHURCH-BENCH
    A seat in the porch of a church. Shak.
  • THOSE
    The plural of that. See That.
  • CHURCH MODES
    The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian.
  • CUTTING
    1. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool. 2. Chilling; penetratinn; sharp; as, a cutting wind. 3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.
  • CUTTHROAT
    One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
  • CHURCHSHIP
    State of being a church. South.
  • CHURCHMANLY
    Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. Milman.
  • EXTIRPATION
    The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.
  • CUTTYSTOOL
    1. A low stool 2. A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.
  • CHURCHISM
    Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.
  • DESTRUCTIONIST
    One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist. Shipley. (more info) 1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy
  • EXCISEMAN
    An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty. Macaulay.
  • EXCISE
    to cut out or off; ex out, off + caedere to cut; or, as the word was formerly written accise, fr. F. accise, LL. accisia, as if fr. L. accidere, accisum, to cut into; ad + caedere to cut; but prob. transformed fr. OF. assise, LL. assisa, assisia,
  • CHURCHGOER
    One who attends church.
  • CHURCHY
    Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms.
  • SPATHOSE
    See SPATHIC
  • STRAW-CUTTER
    An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
  • FULL-GROWN
    Having reached the limits of growth; mature. "Full-grown wings." Lowell.
  • SWARD-CUTTER
    A plow for turning up grass land. A lawn mower.
  • SCUTTLE
    both fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish or platter; cf. 1. A broad, shallow basket. 2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
  • HIGH-CHURCHMAN
    One who holds high-church principles.
  • BROAD CHURCH
    A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, intermediate between the High Church party and the Low Church, or evangelical, party. The term has been applied
  • LIVER-GROWN
    Having an enlarged liver. Dunglison.
  • HIGH-CHURCH
    Of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the High Church, or their doctrines or policy. See High Church, under High, a.

 

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