AN
AMERICAN DICTIONARY
OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
INTENDED TO EXHIBIT,
- The origin, affinities and primary signification of English words, as far as they have been ascertained.
- The genuine orthography and pronunciation of words, according to general usage, or to just principles of analogy.
- Accurate and discriminating definitions, with numerous authorities and illustrations.
TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,
AN INTRODUCTORY DISSERTATION
ON THE
ORIGIN, HISTORY AND CONNECTION OF THE
LANGUAGES OF WESTERN ASIA AND OF EUROPE,
AND A CONCISE GRAMMAR
OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
BY NOAH WEBSTER, LL. D.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY S. CONVERSE.
PRINTED BY HEZEKIAH HOWE--NEW HAVEN.
1828.https://www.archive.org/details/americandictiona01websrich [Info only: VOL. I.]
https://www.archive.org/details/americandictiona02websrich [Info only: VOL. II.]
Alternative Bible Dictionary.
Baptism is a kind of immersion only, NOT sprinkling.
Scriptural Baptism is a N.T. church ordinance, NOT a sacrament.Confession @ James 5:16 is of faults, NOT sins.
See Confess, Confessed, and Confession."3. The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest; the disburdening of the conscience privately to a confessor; sometimes called auricular confession."--This HERESY is in Mr. Webster's 1828 book.
CHM note: It has not been removed from electronic editions (1828 based).
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