moderatism

[Eng. moder at ( e ); -ism. ] 1. Ord. Lang.: Moderation in opinions or doctrines. 2. Eccles.: The principles of the party in the Church of Scotland known as Moderates. mo-dě-ra-tō, adv. [Ital.] Music: In moderate time; neither too quickly nor too slowly. IMG:content-1310.png:[blocks in formation] (q. v.). (2) At Cambridge : A public officer appointed to superintend the examinations for degrees and honors; so called because formerly they presided in the exercises publicly prescribed in the schools between undergraduate candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. (3) At Dublin : The candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts who pa out first and second in honors, the first being called the Senior and the second the Junior moderator. 3. Presbyterianism : One who moderates in a call. [MODERATE, υ.]