disruption

& a. [Lat. disruptio, from dis ruptus, pa. par. of disruтро.] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: vain. The Rev. Dr. Welsh, the retiring moderator, and a prominent member of the Evangelical party, therefore read and tabled a protest, after which he moved toward the door. All who agreed with the protest followed him from the house. A deed of demi ion was afterward signed by 474 members. Among the seceders were all the mi ionaries to India, to Africa, and to the Jews scattered abroad. The great sece ion now described constituted the "Disruption." ( Buchanan : Ten Years ' Conflict,) 1. The act of breaking asunder, or of tearing in resulted from, the rending asunder of rocks, of IMG:content-0176.png:[blocks in formation] Black more Creation. II. Ecclesiol. & Ch. Hist .: The rending of a church in twain or asunder, with more or le of noise or commotion, or the rending of a church, or a great part of it, from the state. The expre ion is a geological one, and calls up the image of rocks split or shattered by earthquake action or by a volcanic outburst. It is a stronger word than sece ion, the latter term denoting such a withdrawal from a religious body as to leave its numbers little diminished, while a disruption implies the departure of so large a part of a church as to leave it very seriously shattered, at least for a time. The year 1844 was rendered memorable by ecclesiastical upheavals in two of the most respectable bodies of Christians among English-speaking peoples-one in this country and one in Britain. 1. The disruption of the Methodist Episcopal Church: For a long time previous to 1844 there had B. As adj .: Pertaining or relating to, or which churches, ., as the Disruption controversy. dis-rupt-ive, a. [Eng. disrupt ; -ive.] 1. Causing or tending to cause disruption; rending, tearing, or breaking asunder. "Coiled wrought iron, which from its pliant and fibrous character is capable of checking and counteracting any suddenly disruptive tendency on the part of the steel."Ca ell's Technical Educator , pt. ii., p. 217. *dis-rupt-üre, v . t . [Pref. dis (intens.), and Eng. rupture (q. v.).] To tear or rend asunder, to break in pieces. *dis-rupt-üre, s . [DIS RUPTURE, v.] A rending or tearing asunder; disruption. *dis-rupt-üred, pa.par . or a . [DIS RUPTURE, v.] *dis-rupt'-ür-ing, pr . par ., a. & 8. [DIS RUPTURE, v.] A & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of tearing, rending, or breaking asunder; disruption. *dis-sā fe, *dis-saiff, s. [Pref. dis , and Eng. safe , saiff (q. v.).] Insecurity, danger. "Quhill wald he think to luff hyr our the laiff, And other quhill he thocht on his di aiff."" Wallace, v. 612. di ect *di '-as-sent, v . i . [Pref. dis , and Eng. a ent, v. (q. v.)] To di ent. "He for himselfe and the remanent of the Prelates di as sent it thereto simpliciter." -Keith : History , p. 37. *di '-as-sent, s. [Pref. dis , and Eng. a ent , s. (q. v.)] Di ent. "Add to this, Or reasons be givin of thair di as sent approvin be the Commi ioner is." -Append . Acts Chas. I. (1814), v. 677. dis-sat-is-făc-tion, s . [Pref. dis , and Eng. sat is faction (q. v.).] The state of being di atisfied; discontent; a feeling of something wanting to complete one's wish. "The ambitious man has little happine , but is subject to much uneasine and di atisfaction ." - Add is on : Spec tat or . For the difference between di atisfaction and dislike , see DISLIKE.