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of conscribo to write together, to con-script, *con'-scripte, a. & s. [Lat.con write.] enroll: con cum with, together, and scribo to A. As adj .: Enrolled, registered, or written down. script i ; properly, Patres et Conscript i. (See exT he Senators of Rome were styled Patres Con tract.) the expulsion of Tarquin the Proud, to supply the place of "Such as were chosen into the senate by Brutus, after those whom that king had slain were called Conscript i, 1. e., persons written or enrolled together with the old Rom. Antiq . senators, who alone were properly styled patres ."- Adam : B. As subst.: A person enrolled in an army by conscription. (See instance under Conscription .) conscriptio a registering, an enrolling, from con con-script i on, *con-scrip-cioun, 8. [Lat. script us , pa. par. of conscribo to write together, to enroll.] registering. *1. Ord. Lang.: A writing down, enrolling, or "Thei maden the conscripcioun of the wedloc."Wyclife: Tobit , vii. 16. 2. Mil .: A compulsory enlisting or levying of soldiers. "In 1798 General Jourdan presented to the Council of recruiting, under the name of conscription ."- National Five Hundred a project of a law for a new mode of Cyclopædia of Useful Knowledge. The word conscription was first used in connec tion with recruiting in France, though the same France it was enacted as a law on September 5, system was in force among the old Romans. In French men were thus taken from their proper 1798, and, according to Alison, more than 4,000.000 employments between 1792 and 1813. In the American civil war, 1861-1865, there was a conscription carried out. It is the common method of recruit ing armies on the Continent of Europe. con'-se-crate, v . t . [From Lat. con sec ratus , pa. to a deity: con (intens.), and sacro to set apart as par of consecro =to make holy, to dedicate as sacred sacred.] sacred; sacer (m.), sacra (f.), sacrum (neut.) = I. Ordinary Language: 1. Of setting apart: fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, father; we, wet, here, camel, her, there; The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0654.png:[blocks in formation] 1067 splendid and imposing. They are still so in the Church of Rome, and to a le extent in the Church of England and other Protestant sects. The ele ments in the Holy Communion are also consecrated. 5. English Law : When in England a church is consecrated by a bishop none but the worship of the Established Church can be permitted within its walls or precincts. Till lately, when a burial ground was consecrated, none but the clergyman of the parish or his delegate could officiate within it; but the Burials Act of 1880 in certain cases removed the restriction. There is a distinction between consecration , or *1. Roman Antiq.: To deify. (Used of an em dination, and dedication . The first is applied to per or.) 2. Ecclesiology: *(1) Of a saint : To canonize. (2) Of a bishop : With solemn ceremonies to set him apart to the sacred office which he is to fill. For the difference between to consecrate and to dedicate , see DEDICATE. persons or things, the second to persons only, the last to things. The term "consecration" is used of kings and bishops, the term ordination of ordinary clergymen or ministers; while dedication is used of temples, altars, .