Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.

Of or pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians.

One of the followers of Socinus; a believer in Socinianism.

The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue; that the Bible was to be interpreted by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical, and not to be taken literally.

of Socinianize

of Socinianize

To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by, or imbue with, the principles of Socinianism.

Alt. of Sociological

Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science.

One who treats of, or devotes himself to, the study of sociology.

That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science.

A plowshare.

The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.

A knit or woven covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.

A warm inner sole for a shoe.

That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.

A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.

An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.

Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.

Having a socket.

Destitute of socks or shoes.

Wet; soaky.

A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth.

A plain face or plinth at the lower part of a wall.

of Socman

One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager.

Tenure by socage.

A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill.

Of or pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, on the east coast of Africa.

A native or inhabitant of Socotra.