Word Meanings - KNEELER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship. (more info) 1. One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling. Tennyson. 2. A cushion or stool to kneel on.
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- WORSHIPFUL
Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically. "This is worshipful society." Shak. so dear and worshipful. Chaucer. -- Wor"ship*ful*ly, adv. - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - CHURCHLIKE
Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak. - WHILES
1. Meanwhile; meantime. The good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour. Sir. W. Scott. 2. sometimes; at times. Sir W. Scott. The whiles. See under While, n. - STOOL
A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil. P. Henderson. - WHILERE
A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile. Helpeth me now as I did you whilere. Chaucer. He who, with all heaven's heraldry, whilere Entered the world. Milton. - WORSHIPABLE
Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. Carlyle. - 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. - PERMITTER
One who permits. A permitter, or not a hinderer, of sin. J. Edwards. - CHURCH MODES
The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian. - CUSHIONLESS
Hot furnished with a cushion. Rows of long, cushionless benches, supplying the place of pews. Hawthorne. - CHURCHSHIP
State of being a church. South. - CHURCHMANLY
Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. Milman. - PERMITTEE
One to whom a permission or permit is given. - CERTAINTY
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth - CHURCHISM
Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism. - PERMITTANCE
The act of permitting; allowance; permission; leave. Milton. - KNEELER
A name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship. (more info) 1. One who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling. Tennyson. 2. A cushion or stool to kneel on. - FREEDSTOOL
See FRIDSTOL - WHILE
wigl, G. weile, OHG. wila, hwila, hwil, Icel. hvila a bed, hvild rest, Sw. hvila, Dan. hvile, Goth. hweila a time, and probably to L. 1. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent. "All - ASCERTAINMENT
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke. - ASCERTAINABLE
That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv. - MISWORSHIP
Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. Bp. Hall. Such hideous jungle of misworships. Carlyle. - ERSTWHILE
Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. - SELF-WORSHIP
The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit. - UNWORSHIP
To deprive of worship or due honor; to dishonor. Wyclif.