conformities

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conformities - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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