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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_103895" /> == | |||
<p> in the | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) An authoritative ordinance, regulation or enactment; especially, one made by a Roman emperor, or one affecting ecclesiastical doctrine or discipline; as, the constitutions of Justinian. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) The aggregate of mental qualities; temperament. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) The state of being; that form of being, or structure and connection of parts, which constitutes and characterizes a system or body; natural condition; structure; texture; conformation. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) The aggregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_34032" /> == | |||
<p> in the Roman Church, a decree of the pope in matters of doctrine. In France, the name has been applied, by way of eminence, to the famous bull Unigenitus of the year 1713. (See [[Unigenitus]]). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_103895"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/constitution Constitution from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_34032"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/constitution Constitution from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_34032"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/constitution Constitution from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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