Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Conformities"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Conformity \Con*form"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Conformities}. [Cf. F.
conformit['e].]
1. Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance;
agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

By our conformity to God. --Tillotson.

The end of all religion is but to draw us to a
conformity with God. --Dr. H.More.

A conformity between the mental taste and the
sensitive taste. --Addison.

2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the
Established Church.

The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a
proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil
officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity.
--Hallam.


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