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.

Additional info about word: 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. Atterbury.

Related words: (words related to EXCISION)

• 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.