Word Meanings - BARROWIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.

Related words: (words related to BARROWIST)

• INDEPENDENCY
  Doctrine and polity of the Independents. (more info) 1. Independence. "Give me," I cried , "My bread, and independency!" Pope.
• EXECUTOR
  1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak. 2. An executioner. Delivering o'er to executors pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. Shak. authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
• EXECUTORIAL
  Of or pertaining to an executive.
• CONGREGATIONALISM
  1. That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church. 2. The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively. Note: In this sense Congregationalism is the
• EXECUTIVE
  Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer,
• EXECUTIONER
  1. One who executes; an executer. Bacon. 2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.
• EXECUTRIX
  A woman exercising the functions of an executor.
• EXECUTABLE
  Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project.
• EXECUTORY
  Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone. (more info) 1. Pertaining to administration, or putting
• EXECUTER
  One who performs or carries into effect. See Executor.
• HENRY
  The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampère a second.
• EXECUTORSHIP
  The office of an executor.
• EXECUTE
  To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly. Syn. -- To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See Accomplish. (more info) to the end, pursue;
• EXECUTRESS
  An executrix.
• FOUNDERSHAFT
  The first shaft sunk. Raymond.
• NONCONFORMITY
  Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship.
• EXECUTIVELY
  In the way of executing or performing.
• EXECUTANT
  One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument. Great executants on the organ. De Quincey.
• FOLLOWER
  1. One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer. 2. A sweetheart; a beau. A. Trollope. The removable flange, or cover, of a piston. See Illust. of Piston. A gland. See Illust. of Stuffing box.
• EXECUTION
  1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of the execution. Dryden.
• COEXECUTOR
  A joint executor.
• MALEXECUTION
  Bad execution. D. Webster.
• HEATHENRY
  1. The state, quality, or character of the heathen. Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley. 2. Heathendom; heathen nations.
• COEXECUTRIX
  A joint executrix.
• NONEXECUTION
  Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.