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Webster 1913 Edition
Conformity
Con-form′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
. Conformities
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[Cf. F.
conformité
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conformity
CONFORMITY
,Noun.
1.
Likeness; correspondence with a model in form or manner; resemblance; agreement; congruity with something else; followed by to or with.A ship is constructed in conformity to a model, or in conformity with a model.
True happiness consists in conformity of life to the divine law.
2.
Consistency; agreement.Many instances prove the conformity of the essay with the notions of Hippocrates.
3.
In theology, correspondence in manners and principles; compliance with customs. Live no in conformity with the world.