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6261 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. irradiate.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… typically refers to being exposed to radiation; but in antebellum America, it meant to illuminate something, often by shining a light on it. Ellen G. White wrote …
6262 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. Laodicea.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A term based upon the biblical *church in Asia Minor and referred to in Revelation. This church was in a lukewarm state. Beginning in 1856, Ellen G. White applied the message for the Laodicean church to God’s *remnant people.
6263 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. lees.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A term that refers to the dead yeast in wine that settles to the bottom during aging. Ellen G. White used the term to describe someone who is lazy: “reclining on their lees” (Zephaniah 1:12, KJV) (5T 203).
6264 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. liberality.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A term used to indicate generosity. Ellen G. White used the term, for example, to refer to the believers
6265 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. lung fever.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A very ambiguous medical term, sometimes used to refer to pneumonia (HR Apr. 1, 1871).
6266 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. means.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A reference to money or resources. Ellen G. White often connected the word means with “advancing the work of the gospel” (AA 71).
6267 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. meditate (also meditation).2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… -like”—referring to a parrot that mindlessly mimics other creatures (4T 355). Meditation was a time to listen for the personal word of God to one’s soul: “We must …
6268 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. Meroz.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… that referred to the story of the city of Meroz. During the Israelite sojourn in the wilderness, the inhabitants of Meroz sinned by doing nothing (2T 395, 427 …
6269 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. miasma.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… . White referred to it as a spiritual pollutant, such as the “miasma of jealousy” (DA 179).
6270 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. minutemen.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… historical reference to militia troops during the American Revolution; but by the time of Ellen G. White, it was a general expression to refer to the need for …
6271 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. moral philosophy.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… often refer to it in a broad sense as “natural philosophy,” which during the nineteenth century included
6272 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. night season.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A reference to nighttime. Ellen G. White often associated this term in reference to supernatural in-struction she received while she slept. For example, “the …
6273 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. North.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A reference, particularly during the American Civil War (1861—1865), to the states that supported the Union. In the United States presidential election of …
6274 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. panoply.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… book, refers to A Suit of Armour for the Soldier of Christ. While the book is not registered in the extant bibliography of Ellen G. White’s personal and office …
6275 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. passing of the time..2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… to refer to the *Great Disappointment when Jesus Christ did not return as expected by faithful Millerites. As a young girl, Ellen had heard *William Miller …
6276 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. phthisi.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A *Victorian term referring to a wasting disease, particularly of the lungs (2T 349).
6277 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. physiognomy.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A phrenological term that is derived from the Greek words physis meaning “nature” and gnomon meaning to “judge” or “interpret.” Thus,physiognomy refers to ascertaining information from the physical characteristics of a person.
6278 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. popish..2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… to refer to the papacy’s tendency through the centuries to assert his primacy and authority over others and above the Word of God. In this sense, Ellen G. White …
6279 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. promiscuous..2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A term during Ellen G. White’s lifetime that referred to mingling or associating; it has nothing to do with the modern sexual connotation. For example, she frequently
6280 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. Protestant.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
A reference to the religious upheaval of the sixteenth century that led to the Reformers’ “protest” against the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church. Ellen …