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Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 74. dehonestationt, n. [ Who can expatiate the infinite shame, dehonestation , and infamy which they bring? Bp . Gauden , Hi eras pistes, p. 482. dehors (dē-hôrz'; F. pron. dė-ôr'), a . and n. [ dehors , defors , deforz , deffors , deffuers, defuer , desfuer = Pr. defors = Sp. defuera , de , from, + for is , IMG:content-2265.jpg:[graphic] the same degrees, though marriage of a man with his ntece was permitted from the time of Claudius until forbidden by the verb.] Nerva, and also from the time of Car a call a to that of Const an tine. Marriages with a deceased brother's wife and a deceased wife's sister were forbidden by Constant i us. Theodosius the Great forbade them between first cousins, and this was the general rule of the church from that time on. From the sixth to the thirteenth century, marriages within the seventh degree were prohibited; after Later an Council (A. D. 1215), only those within the fourth degree. Marriage between godparents and godchildren was prohibited by Just in i an, and this was afterward extended to include the parents of the children, and later still other relations of these. The presenter for confirmation was put on a par with the godparents. The Council of Trent limited such spiritual relationship to sponsors, to presenters at confirmation, to persons baptized or confirmed, and the parents of these. In England marriage between first cousins was forbidden till the Reformation. The present English law of both church and state is conformed to a statute pa ed under Henry VIII., and revised under Elizabeth, which forbids all marriages not without the Levitical degrees. These degrees were tabulated by Archbishop Parker in 1563, and his table is adopted in the 99th canon of 1603, and ordered to be set up publicly in every church. It will also be found printed at the end of every English prayer-book. Its provisions have been summarized as follows: A man may not marry the mother or stepmother of his own or his wife's parents; the widow of his father, father-in-law, uncle, brother, son, stepson, or nephew; the aunt, sister, daughter, or niece of himself or his wife; the daughter or stepdaughter of his own or his wife's children. A woman may not marry the father or stepfather of her own or her husband's parents; the widower of her mother, mother-inlaw, aunt, sister, daughter, stepdaughter, or niece; the uncle, brother, son, or nephew of herself or her husband; the son or stepson of her own or her husband's children. Marriage with a deceased wife's sister, whether expre ly forbidden by the Mosaic law or not, is prohibited as precisely analogous to that with a deceased husband's brother, the marriage of a man with his brother's wife being explicitly prohibited in Lev. xviii. Direct relationship, if in the ascending and descending line, is canonically reckoned as one degree, and marriage prohibited accordingly. In canon law an illicit connection is held to involve the same prohibitions as a marriage. - In degreet, greatly; to a degree. IMG:content-2266.jpg:[blocks in formation] Local degree, one 360th part of the zodiac.-Simeon's degree, a certain early medieval degree, conjectured to have been one of bachelor, and to have been conferred upon masters in the University of Oxford. The real meaning of the phrase has been forgotten; but down to 1827 every master of arts, inceptor in medicine, etc., in Oxford was compelled to swear hatred of Simeon and renunciation of his degree. - Song of degrees, a title given to fifteen psalms, from exx. to cxxxiv., inclusive. Biblical critics are not agreed as to the origin and significance of the title. See gradual psalms , under gradual . - To a degree, to an extreme; exceedingly: as, proud to a degree . [Colloq.] A uredly, sir, your father is wrath to a degree ; he comes down stairs eight or ten steps at a time-muttering, growling, and thumping the banisters all the way. Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 1. Total degree, the sum of the degrees of an algebraic expre ion relatively to the different letters. degreet (dē-grē'), v . t . [ degree , n.] 1. To advance by a step or steps. IMG:content-2267.jpg:[ocr errors]