Word Meanings - MERITMONGER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One who depends on merit for salvation. Milner.
Related words: (words related to MERITMONGER)
- MERITHAL; MERITHALLUS
See INTERNODE - MERITORY
Meritorious. - MERITOT
A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy. - MERITABLE
Deserving of reward. - MERITMONGER
One who depends on merit for salvation. Milner. - MERITEDLY
By merit; deservedly. - SALVATIONIST
An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army. - MERITORIOUS
Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable. And meritorious shall that hand be called, Canonized, and worshiped as a saint. Shak. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ness, n. - SALVATION
The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness. To earn salvation for the sons of men. Milton. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 10. 3. Saving - MERIT
deserve, merit; prob. originally, to get a share; akin to Gr. Market, 1. The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert. Here may men see how sin hath his merit. Chaucer. Be it known, that we, the greatest, are misthought For things that - TEMERITY
Unreasonable contempt of danger; extreme venturesomeness; rashness; as, the temerity of a commander in war. Syn. -- Rashness; precipitancy; heedlessness; venturesomeness. -- Temerity, Rashness. These words are closely allied in sense, but have a - EMERITUS
Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church. (more info) emerere, emereri, to obtain by service, serve out one's - PROMERIT
1. To oblige; to confer a favor on. Bp. Hall. 2. To deserve; to procure by merit. Davenant. - OVERMERIT
Excessive merit. Bacon. - IMMERITED
Unmerited. Charles I. - EMERITED
Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. Evelyn. - DEMERIT
demerit , fr. L. demerere to deserve well, LL., to 1. That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, acquired this reputation. Holland. 2. That which deserves - PROTOMERITE
The second segment of one of the Gregarinæ. - IMMERIT
Want of worth; demerit. Suckling. - IMMERITOUS
Undeserving. Milton.