Word Meanings - HETERODOX - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects. Raw
Additional info about word: HETERODOX
1. Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects. Raw and indigested, heterodox, preaching. Strype. 2. Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons. Macaulay. -- Het"er*o*dox`ly, adv. -- Het"er*o*dox`ness, n.
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- CREAM-FACED
White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak. - CREMASTERIC
Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery. - CREBRICOSTATE
Marked with closely set ribs or ridges. - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - CREDIBLY
In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event. - CHURCHLIKE
Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak. - CREEP
to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately - CRESYLIC
Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc. Cresylic acid. See Cresol. - CREATURELY
Creatural; characteristic of a creature. "Creaturely faculties." Cheyne. - CREATIONAL
Of or pertaining to creation. - CREMOR
Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum. - DIFFERENTIALLY
In the way of differentiation. - CRENELATION
The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure. - CREATION
1. The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence. From the creation to the general doom. Shak. As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura, which had - CREDIT FONCIER
A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out - CREATIONISM
The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism. - CREAK
To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson. - CRETONNE
1. A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and welt of flax. 2. A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft. 3. A kind of chintz with a glossy surface. - CREDENCE
The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated. 4. A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting - CREDULOUSLY
With credulity. - UNCREATED
1. Deprived of existence; annihilated. Beau. & Fl. 2. Not yet created; as, misery uncreated. Milton. 3. Not existing by creation; self-existent; eternal; as, God is an uncreated being. Locke. - UNDERSECRETARY
A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury. - INCREPATION
A chiding; rebuke; reproof. Hammond. - INCREMABLE
Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe. Sir T. Browne. - REINCREASE
To increase again. - INDIFFERENCY
Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference. Gladstone. To give ourselves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in this cause. Fuller. Moral liberty . . . does not, after all, - DECRESCENDO
With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff , or indicated by the sign. - CONCRETIVELY
In a concrete manner. - PANCREATIN
One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also, a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas of animals, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion. Note: By some the term pancreatin is restricted to the amylolytic - INCREDULOUSLY
In an incredulous manner; with incredulity. - UNDERCREST
To support as a crest; to bear. Shak. - INCREDIBLENESS
Incredibility. - DISCREDITABLE
Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.