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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Conformity \Con*form"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Conformities}. [Cf. F. conformit[82].] 1. Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between. By our conformity to God. --Tillotson. The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God. --Dr. H.More. A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste. --Addison. 2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church. The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity. --Hallam. | |
