CONFORMITY • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Conformity

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/kənfˈɔrməti/ Listen

noun

Conformity n. (pl. conformities)

Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; followed by to, with, or between. "By our conformity to God." "The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God." "A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste."

(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."

See images of 'Conformity'

Etymology of 'Conformity'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Conformity" Quotes from Famous Books

... no crawling reptiles on the ground, and it is a doubtful point whether birds cheered the ancient forests with their song. But fishes reached their most perfect organic type. They were the lords of creation, and had a structure in conformity with their high office. Since then the class has increased in its species, but has degenerated to a less ...

— An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" • Anonymous

... community. Mr. James Campbell mentions a case which has profoundly stirred the Puritan feelings of Irish Protestantism. A man charged with bigamy has been released without punishment because the first marriage, although in conformity with the law of the land, was not recognised by the Roman Catholic Church. However justifiable that course may have been in the exceptional circumstances of that particular case, the precedent obviously prepares the way for a practical reversal of the law by executive or judicial ...

— Against Home Rule (1912) - The Case for the Union • Various

... explications; but are bound to think and to say that only which shall commend itself to the understanding of others, as being altogether true to nature. When a word is well understood to denote a particular object or class of objects, the definition of it ought to be in strict conformity to what is known of the real being and properties of the thing or things contemplated. A definition of this kind is a proposition susceptible of proof and illustration; and therefore whatsoever is erroneously assumed to be the proper meaning of such a term, may be refuted. ...

— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown

... run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason. For such a purpose frees a man from trouble, and warfare, and ...

— The Thoughts Of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus • Marcus Aurelius

... her, bowing my head down to the sand, and going through the same forms, which of course I did not understand the meaning of; but I prayed to my God, and therefore made no objection, as it was pleasing to her. This apparent conformity in religion recommended me more strongly to her, and we became more intimate, and I was certainly attached to her by every tie of gratitude. I was quite happy in the friendship and kindness she showed towards me; the only drawback was my fear of the proud ...

— The Privateer's-Man - One hundred Years Ago • Frederick Marryat

More quotes...