simultaneity (simul or simul tane it i)

[= F. simultanéité = Sp. simul tane i dad = Pg. simultaneidade, The organs [heart, lungs, etc.) of these never-ceasing functions furnish, indeed, the most conclusive proofs of the simultaneity of repair and waste. H. Spencer , Prin. of Biol., § 62. In the palmiest days of Sydney Smith and Macaulay the great principle of simultaneity in conversation, as we may call it, had not been discovered, and it was still supposed that two people could not with advantage talk at once. The Nation, Nov. 29, 1883, p. 444. simultaneous (sim-ulor si-mul-tā nē-us), a. [= F.simultané = Sp. simultáneo = Pg. İt. simul taneo, Our own history interestingly shows simultaneous movements now towards freer, and now towards le free, forms locally and generally. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 510. sinl (sin), n. But I am an "old bird," as Mr. Smith himself calls me: a Simorg , an "all-knowing Bird of Ages" in matters of De Morgan, Budget of Paradoxes, p. 329. [ synn (in inflection synn- , sinn- , senn-) = OS. sundea, sundia = OFries. sinne, sende = MD. sunde, sonde, D. zonde = MLG. sunde, LG. sunne, sunn = OHG. suntea, sunta, sundea, sunda, MHG. sunde, sünde, G. sünde, = Icel. syndh, synth , later synd , = Sw. Dan. synd (not in Goth.), sin, akin to L. son( t- ) s , sinful, guilty, sonticus , dangerous, hurtful, and perhaps to Gr. άτη , sin, mischief, harm. Ас cording to Curtius and others, the word is an abstract noun formed from the ppr. represented by L. * sen (t-)s, en(t-)s, being, and by AS. sōth , true, sooth, = Icel. sannr , etc., lit. being (so)' (see sooth ), Goth. sunja , the truth, sooth.] 1. Any want of conformity unto or transgre ion of the law of God. (Westminster A embly's Shorter Catechism .) The true definition of sin is a much contested question, theologians being broadly divided into two schools of thought, the one holding that all sin consists in the voluntary and conscious act of the individual, the other that it also includes the moral character and disposition of the race; one that all moral responsibility is individual, the other that there is also a moral responsibility of the race as a race. To these should be added a third school, which regards sin as simply an imperfection and immaturity, and therefore requiring for remedy principally a healthful development under favorable conditions. Theologians also divide sin into two cla es, actual sin and original sin . Actual sin consists in the voluntary conscious act of the individual. (See actual .) Original sin is the innate depravity and corruption of the nature common to all mankind. But whether this native depravity is properly called sin , or whether it is only a tendency to sin and becomes sin only when it is yielded to by the conscious voluntary act of the individual, is a question upon which theologians differ. Roman Catholic and other theologians, following the early church fathers, distinguish between mortal (or deadly ) and venial sins. Mortal or deadly sins are such as wilfully violate the divine law, destroy the friendship of God, and cause the death of the soul. The seven mortal or deadly sins are pride, covetousne , lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. Venial sins are such transgre ions as are due to inadvertence, do not destroy the friendship and, while tending to become mortal, are not in themselves the death of the soul. The difference is one of degree, not of kind. And ye knowe also that it was do be me, and so sholde myn be the synne. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 80. Sure, it is no sin ; Or of the deadly seven it is the least. Shak., M. for M., iii. 1. 111. At the court of a istants one Hugh Bewett was banished for holding publicly and maintaining that he was free from original sin and from actual also for half a year before. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 22. Original sin is the product of human will as yet unindividualized in Adam, while actual sin is the product of human will as individualized in his posterity. Shedd, Hist. Christian Doctrine, II. 81. 2. A serious fault; an error; a transgre ion: as, a sin against good taste.-3. An incarnation or embodiment of sin. Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin , robb'd this bewailing land Of noble Bucking ham. Shak . , Hen. VIII., iii. 2. 255. Canonical sins. See canonical. - Deadly sin. See def. 1. Man of sin. Seeman. - Mortal sin. See def. 1.-Original sin. See def. 1.- Remi ion of sins. See remi ion. The seven deadly sins. See def. 1.- Venial sin. See def. 1. =Syn. 1 and 2. Wrong, Iniquity, etc. See crime. sin sin1 (sin), v.; pret. and pp. sinned, ppr. sinning. [ Thei seyn that wee synnen whan wee eten Fle che on the Dayes before A che Wednesday, and of that that wee eten Fle che the Wednesday, and Egges and Chese upon the Frydayes. Mandeville , Travels, p. 20. All have sinned , and come short of the glory of God. Rom. iii. 23. The tempter or the tempted, who sins most? Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. 163. That he sinn'd is not believable; For, look upon his face! - but if he sinn'd, The sin that practice burns into the blood, And not the one dark hour which brings remorse, Will brand us, after, of whose fold we be. Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 2. To commit an error or a fault; be at fault; transgre an accepted standard of propriety or taste; offend: followed by against before an object. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. Ps. li. 4. I am a man More sinn'd against than sinning. Shak., Lear, iii. 2. 60. I think I have never sinned against her; I have always tried not to do what would hurt her. George Eliot , Daniel Deronda, xxxii. "The Old Well,"... quite cleverly painted, and sinning chiefly by exce ive prettine . The Nation , XLVII. 464. II. trans. 1. To do or commit, contrary to right or rule: with a cognate object. And all is past, the sin is sinn'd , and I, Lo! I forgive thee, as Eternal God Forgives; do thou for thine own soul the rest. Tennyson, Guinevere. IMG:content-1098.png:[blocks in formation] 5642