Voluntary

vol′un-ta-ri, adj. willing: acting by choice: free: proceeding from the will: subject to the will: done by design or without compulsion: of or pertaining to voluntaryism.— n. one who does anything of his own free-will: a piece of music played at will: an upholder of voluntaryism.— adv. Vol′untarily .— ns. Vol′untarine ; Vol′untaryism , the system of maintaining the Church by voluntary offerings, instead of by the aid of the State, as alone consistent with true religious liberty, involving freedom from State support, patronage, or control; Vol′untaryist .— adj. Vol′untātive , voluntary.— Voluntary school , in England, one of a number of elementary schools supported by voluntary subscriptions, and in many cases controlled by religious bodies. [L. voluntarius — voluntas , choice— volo , velle , to will.]