Neophron (neofron)

[NL., tized. These formed a distinct cla in the church; at first, because of the reference in 1 Tim. iii. 6 to a novice, they were regarded as unfit for ecclesiastical office. After immersion [in baptism in the ancient church) the neophyte partook of milk and honey, to show that he was now the recipient of the gifts of God's grace. Encyc . Brit ., III. 351. (b) In the Rom. Cath. Ch., a converted heathen, heretic, etc. (c) Occasionally in the Rom. Cath. Ch., a novice. 2. A tiro; a beginner in learning. Jorevin reports that in Charles the Second's time, in Worcesters hire,. the children were sent to school with pipes in their satchels, and the schoolmaster called a halt neophytes . in their studies whilst they all smoked - he teaching the J. Ashton , Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, I. 207. =Syn. 1. Proselyte , Apostate , etc. See convert . neophytism (ne'ō-fi-tizm), n. [ νέος , new, + πλάσμα, anything formed.] A new growth or true tumor; a morbid growth more or le distinct histologically from the ti ue in which it occurs. neoplastic (ne-o-plastik), a. [ formed. Neo platonic (nē"ō-plā-ton'ik), a. [« Gr. νέος, new, + E. Platonic.] Relating to the Neopla tonists or their doctrines. Neo platonically (nēō-pla-ton'i-kal-i), adv. In accordance with Neo platonism; in the manner of the Neoplatonists. The Neo platonically conceived Fons Vitae of the Jew Gebirol. Encyc. Brit ., XXI. 429. neoteric us, The neoterick astronomy hath found spots in the sun. Glanville, Vanity of Dogmatizing, xviii. Among the educated, and, in especial, among the most highly educated, the same sort of feeling [rather an antipathy than a reasonable dislike) with regard to neoteric expre ions seems to be sedulously instilled. IMG:content-1301.jpg:[blocks in formation]