sectionalism

[English sectional; -ism.] The having regard to the interests of a section of a country or the community rather than those of the nation at large. IMG:content-1148.png:[blocks in formation] Hist.: The name given, about 1846, by Mr. George Jacob Holyoake to an ethical system founded on natural morality. physical, moral, and intellectual nature of man to the "Secularism is that which seeks the development of the highest po ible point, as the immediate duty of life- which inculcates the practical sufficiency of natural which selects as its method of procedure the promotion morality apart from Atheism, Theism, or the Bible- of human improvement by material means, and proposes these positive agreements as the common bond of union, to all who would regulate life by reason and ennoble it by service."-G. J. Holyoake: Principles of Secularism (ed. 1859), p. 17. Moreover, Secularism claims for its adherents four distinct rights: sěc'-u-lar-ize, sec'-u-lar-işe, v . t . [Eng. secu- lar ; -ize .] 1. To make or render worldly or unspiritual. "But let the younger clergy, more especially, beware how they become secularized in the general cast and fashion of their lives."-Bp. Horsley: Sermons, vol. i., ser. 13. 2. To make secular; to convert from regular or monastic to secular; as, to secularize a monk. 3. To convert from religious or sacred to secular or lay po e ion, use, or purpose. the rachis; unilateral. Bot . ( of flowers . .): Arranged all on one side of †sẽ căn-dāte, v . t . [ Lat.secund at us , pa. par. of secundo , from secund us =second prosper- ous.] To make prosperous; to prosper. IMG:content-1149.png:[blocks in formation] "In iron walls they deemea me not secure." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., i. 4. 8. Resolved, determined. (Dryden.) sě-cüre', v . t . [SECURE, a. ] safety or security against danger; to guard effect- 1. To make safe or secure; to put into a state of ually, to protect. "Thy father's angel and thy father join, To keep po e ion, and secure the line." securement 2. So as to be secure against danger or violence; as, to fasten a door securely. 3. Without fear or apprehension; in confidence of safety. "Securely, though by steps but rarely trod, Mounts from inferior beings up to God." Cowper: Retirement, 113. 4. With confidence; confidently. "Whether any of the reasonings are inconsistent, I securely leave to the judgment of the reader." -Atterbury . tsě-cüre-ment, subst . (English secure ; -ment.] Security, protection. ( Todd .) "They, like Judas, desire death; Cain, on the contrary, grew afraid thereof, and obtained securement from it."-Browne: Vulgar Errors.