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6281 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).
6282 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).
6283 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.
6284 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 …
6285 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).
6286 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 …
6287 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 …
6288 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 …
6289 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.
6290 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 …
6291 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 …
6292 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).
6293 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 …
6294 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 …
6295 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.
6296 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).
6297 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
6298 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).
6299 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).
6300 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 …