Word Meanings - GLASSITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is "no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding." The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass.

• Glassing
  of Glass
• Assentive
  Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying.
• Glass-snake
  A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in
• Calligraphy
  Fair or elegant penmanship.
• Ministerial
  Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant.
• Simpleton
  A person of weak intellect; a silly person.
• Churchless
  Without a church.
• AFTERSENSATION
  A sensation or sense impression following the removal of a stimulus producing a primary sensation, and reproducing the primary sensation in positive, negative, or complementary form. The aftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or fol
• Discipleship
  The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.
• GLASSMAKERGLASSMAKER
  One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n.
• Englishry
  The state or privilege of being an Englishman.
• After-image
  The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.
• Foundation
  The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
• After-wit
  Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.
• After-witted
  Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.
• Glass-crab
  The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.
• Assentment
  Assent; agreement.
• Glass-sponge
  A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.
• Calliope
  The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.

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