Word Meanings - QUAKERISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.
Related words: (words related to QUAKERISM)
- PECULIARIZE
To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith. - CHARACTERISTIC
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay. - CHARACTER
1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder. 2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; - CHARACTERISM
A distinction of character; a characteristic. Bp. Hall. - PECULIARNESS
The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede. - PECULIARLY
In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually. - PECULIAR
1. One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation. And purify unto himself a peculiar people. Titus ii. 14. - CHARACTERIZE
1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot. 2. To engrave or imprint. Sir M. Hale. 3. To indicate the - CHARACTERISTICALLY
In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes. - CHARACTERIZATION
The act or process of characterizing. - CHARACTERISTICAL
Characteristic. - CHARACTERY
1. The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark. Fairies use flowers for their charactery. Shak. 2. That which is charactered; the meaning. I will construe to thee All the charactery of my sad - CHARACTERLESS
Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or force. - PECULIARITY
1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. Swift. 2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity. The smallest peculiarity of temper on manner. Macaulay. 3. Exclusive - MISCHARACTERIZE
To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton. - MENDELIAN CHARACTER
A character which obeys Mendel's law in regard to its hereditary transmission.