单词 | conformist |
释义 | conformistn. 1. One who conforms to any usage or practice. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > one who conformitan1604 conformer1610 conformist1651 compliant1655 complier1660 normalist1878 pod person1978 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 122 A Conformist to the old Superstitious Ceremonies. 1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 255 Thoroughly a Conformist to every the least..Custom or Fashion among the Quakers. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxix. 181 In my own dress, I am generally a conformist to the fashion. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. iii. 118 Several pliant conformists with all changes. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 124 He was a conformist of the Church of England, but rather lax in his devotions. 2. One who conforms in matters religious or ecclesiastical; spec. in English History one who conforms to the usages of the Church of England as required by the successive Acts of Uniformity, esp. that of 1662; the negative Nonconformist is now in more common use. occasional conformist: one who practised ‘occasional conformity’; see conformity n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > conformity > [noun] > person conformitan1604 conformitant1621 conformalist1631 regular1632 conformist1634 conformity1672 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation i. 38 I must confesse that the conformists, keepe much better to their grounds than the other doe. a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) i. 101 The Conformists (I use that Word because you are pleased so to speake). 1703 D. Defoe Shortest Way to Peace 7 When I speak of the Church of England, I mean the General Body of Orthodox Conformists. 1709 H. Sacheverell Perils False Brethren 22 The Whiggs..are Conformists in Profession, Half-Conformists in Practice, and Non-Conformists in Judgment. 1710 W. L. Let. to New Member Commons 24 Our Occasional Conformists, if not well look'd after, will swallow up our Government by this cunning Hypocrisie. 1805 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 3 286 The coronation oath binds the sovereign to be a conformist. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 60 In that year began the long struggle between two great parties of conformists..the High Church party and the Low Church party. 1881 A. R. Ellis Sylvestra II. 56 The rector kept a sharp eye on occasional conformists. 3. Collector's name for a moth ( Xylina conformis). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > xylina conformis conformist1869 1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 427 The Conformist Moth. 4. attributive. ΚΠ 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie 90 The Church of England hath three maine Divisions, the Conformist, the Non-Conformist and the Separatist. 1885 Manch. Examiner 8 May 5/3 Either in Conformist or Nonconformist pulpits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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