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6241 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WHO.2 (Noah Webster)
… , always referring to persons. It forms whose in the genitive or possessive case, answering to the L. Cujus, and whom in the objective or accusative case. Who, whose …
6242 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. WIDE.2 (Noah Webster)
… , which refers to the extent or distance between the ends.
6243 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ZEUGMA.1 (Noah Webster)
… supplement, referred to another more remote. Thus in Virgil, Hicillius arma, hic currus fuit; where fuit, which agrees directly with currus, is referred also …
6244 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. Adventist.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A term used to describe a believer in the *second coming of Jesus Christ; most often used as a shortened form for Seventh-day Adventist after the organization of the de-nomination in 1863. Also used to refer to the followers of *William Miller.
6245 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. animal passions.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… to refer to the inner emotions, especially as they related to sex and sexuality. The term was popularized by Orson Fowler, Lydia Folger Fowler, and Lorenzo …
6246 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. besotted.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
Intoxicated or drunk. Ellen G. White describes how the “intoxicating cup,” referring to alcoholic wine, has a “besotting power.” Such inebriation causes the senses to become benumbed (DA 222).
6247 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. church.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… often referred to as being “in meeting,” was what was important, not the actual building (3T 518). Especially up through the 1880s, a church building was C frequently …
6248 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. cumberer of the ground.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A *Victorian expression with roots traceable to Middle English and Celtic; refers to weeds growing in a garden patch. Ellen G. White used the expression in the context of being spiritually weighed down or hampered (5T 139, 185).
6249 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. daysman.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A mediator. Ellen G. White refers to Jesus as our D “Daysman” (DA 25).
6250 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. disaffection.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
In the phrase “the poison of disaffectio ” (4T 195), disaffectio refers to a rebellious spirit.
6251 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. discipline.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… often referring to *church discipline, or Christian discipline, which was a common way to maintain church order. Another important use of the word related …
6252 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. dissemblers.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… . White referred to Achish (1 Sam. 21:11—15; 28:1—2; 29:2—11), who complained as part of those “dissembling” elements (PP 673).
6253 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. effeminate.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… a reference to having feminine characteristics; in the nineteenth century, the term tended to be used in its secondary sense of excessive softness and indulgence …
6254 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. electricity.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… of references to the practical applications of electricity, which came about during her lifetime. In spiritual terms, she mentions Jesus’ humanity being …
6255 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. exercise.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… to refer to either health or religious exercises (such as reading the *Bible or *prayer). As a major component of *health reform, Ellen G. White tirelessly advocated …
6256 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. Fitch, Charles.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… to refer in a generic sense to relatives or to a community of people.
6257 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. froward generation.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A reference to the King James Version’s prose for Deuteronomy 32:20. Froward means some-one or something that is difficult but in this case, meaning a perverse …
6258 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. Fundamentalism.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… refers to a specific American movement that began in the early twentieth century. In 1922, the Baptist pastor Curtis Lee Laws used the term to refer to the …
6259 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. Great Disappointment.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… often referred to this experience as the *“passing of the time” (LS 64).
6260 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. humors.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… in reference to moisture or bodily I fluids; or a skin disease or cutaneous eruption, or to a disposition, turn of mind, or *temper, since in antebellum America …