hierophantic

[Eng. hierophant; -ic.] Of or pertaining to hierophants. hi-er-os-cô-pỹ, a . [Gr. hieroskopia , from hieros =sacred, and skopeō to view, to observe.] Divina tion by inspection of the entrails of victims offered in sacrifice. *hi-er-our-gy, s. [Gr. hierourgia , from hieros = sacred, and ergon =work.] A sacred or holy work or worship. "Consummating the spiritual hierourgy according to the laws of the church."- Water land : Works , viii. 333. higgle, v. i. [A weakened form of haggle (q. v.). 1. To carry provisions about for sale; to hawk provisions. 2. To chaffer; to haggle over a bargain. "To higgle thus for a few blows." Butler: Hudibras, pt. ii., c. ii. 3. To quarrel or make a fu about trifles. "Loth to higgle for a letter or two (misprinted perchance) in the name of a town."- Fuller : Worthies; North umber land. hig-gle-dỹ pig-gle-dỹ, adv. [HIGGLE.] In a state of confusion, like goods in a higgler's basket; topsy-turvy. hig-gler, s. [Eng. higgl ( e ); -er.] 1. One who carries provisions about for sale; a hawker of provisions. "A higgler had perished in the attempt to cro ."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. iii. and cart. 2. One who does occasional work with a horse 3. One who haggles or is tedious about a bargain. high ( gh silent), *heagh, *he ah, *hegh, *heghe, *heh, *hei, *heigh, *heih, hey, he ye, *highe, *hig, *hy, a . & adv. [A. S. heáh, héh; cogn. with Dut. hoog ; Icel. hár; Sw. hög ; Dan. hơi ; Goth. hauhs; O. H. Ger. hóh ; Ger. hoch ; O. Fris. hách .] A. As adjective: IMG:content-1161.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Figuratively : (1) Large or great in number, degree, or extent. [HIGH-LATITUDE.] (2) Elevated or exalted in rank, position, or office; frequently in composition as high -constable, lord high admiral, . "They that stand high have many blasts to shake them." Shakesp.: Richard III., iv. 4. (3) Exalted morally or intellectually; noble. (Said both of persons and things.) "Of alle men his wisdom is higheste ." (4) Noble; elevating. Chaucer: C. Т. , 5,908. "There studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the mighty dead." Thomson: Winter , 432. (5) Raised above the understanding; abstruse; difficult. "They meet to hear and answer such high things." Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, i. 2. IMG:content-1162.png:[blocks in formation] (9) Extreme; raised to a great degree; intense; Episcopal form of government as so e ential to a strong. "They introduce Their sacred song, and waken raptures high." Milton: P. L., iii. 369. (10) Full; complete. IMG:content-1163.png:[blocks in formation] true church that, as a rule, they do not feel free to recognize, as sister churches, those Christian denominations which are under other forms of government. During the nineteenth century High churchism developed first into Tractarian ism and then into Ritual is Believing the Church to have received the right of autonomy from its Divine Head, the High-church party feel galled by the Royal Supremacy, and dispute the right of the Civil Courts to try ecclesiastical cases.