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Definition of Conforming
1. Adjective. Adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion).
Category relationships: Faith, Religion, Religious Belief
Similar to: Orthodox
Definition of Conforming
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to conformity. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of conform) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conforming
1. conform [v] - See also: conform
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conforming
Literary usage of Conforming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"5) The following statute of 1580 carried the matter of penalizing non-conforming
schoolmasters still further, and shows the type of penalty inflicted on ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"... upon his conforming to the King's orders, was restored to his Fellowship ...
conforming ..."
3. Historical and Biographical Essays by John Forster (1858)
"While masses have been said in se- "curity, a conventicle hath been a " crime ;
and, which is yet more, the "conforming to Ceremonies hath been "more ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"In future an elector cannot transfer his political domicile from one arrondissement
to another, except by conforming to the regulations prescribed in ..."
5. The Khedive's Egypt: Or, The Old House of Bondage Under New Masters by Edwin De Leon (1877)
"... or Colonel Seves, commander-in-chief—Some anecdotes of him—Other conforming
and non-conforming officials—Some curious specimens—Talking only Arabic ! ..."
6. A Complete History of Connecticut, Civil and Ecclesiastical, from the by Benjamin Trumbull (1818)
"The minority persist in their separation: Qualify themselves for a distinct
ecclesiastical society, by conforming to (he act of William and Mary. ..."
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