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W * *#£%£^J&J? t^°JZ? f Bi, W mheim fenced in the Council of
- n m ,t was deliberated, what Form they fL, ld fol .
Nature; a new Form ever fuppofing a new Generation, which again fuppofes a Corruption of the former Kind, See Transformation, an " Seed. DEGLUTITION, in Medicine, the A3 of fwallow- the Food. See Food.
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it was deliberated, low in the Depofition, whether that of th is, fimple Depofition; or that of Cuftom, vb? ' th " tion. And it was declared, that '
■ Degrada-
"lIsHvtition is perform 'd, in the firfl place, by means mould not hp t„,p n Ki,\ m
non. Ana it was declared, that he ihn,,u r & 7 theRing, Paftoral Staff, andPallium but thaf h"^" fcould not be tore off him. In Effect, the Canons ^ ienbe no more than a mere reading of the Sentence Tis the reft, therefore, added hereto by Cuflom, vt~ c , r i? P A" g °ff the Ornaments, and the tearing thePonl tihcal Veftments, that properly conftitutes Degradation.
J Gullet; and then, by the Contraction of the Sphin- cter, and th e fleihy Fibres of the fame Oefophagus, which lcflening the Bore, or Aperture thereof, protrude the Contents downwards into theStomach. See Oesopha- gus Pharynx, Digestion, £?c.
deglutition fucceeds Majiication, and is followed by Concoction. See Mastication, and Concoction.
DEGRADATION, in our Law-Books call'd De- gradation, andDEPosmoN, the Aft of depriving, or
dripping a Perfon for ever of a Dignity, or Degree of riilhinp as the'v afl-ZJT" T "."^".-S ,, Kourfand taking away theT.rie.Wge, andRights X^ll^t^rZt S^' °" *"**' ^ thereof. See Deposition. DJ'TFCTIOnt ■ \* 1- <->Ross.
The Degradation of a Peer, a Prieft, a Knight, a M^4e orEVacn^ ^ n ^ pr0perlyfi S, nifiesthcAa ° f Gentleman, an Officer, iSc. is perform'd with divers Ce- piiftaitic Mnri,," n f i^ eExcre . men ,^ . b I means of the remonies. That anciently obferv'd in degrading a Perfon
JJegr ad ation, inPainting, expreffes the leffenino, and rendrmgdim andconfufed, the Appearance of diftamOb ^Mdo^^; f ° as they & Wearthere, as they
nFPP Ancf^ pIaced at that DtAance from them.
DEGRADED, ,„ Heraldry. A Crofs degraded, is a S3te5i ^i ded int/steps at each\nd; dim,-
Periftaltic Motion of the Guts ■ nearly to the Signification of Exc,
In which Senfe it comes
xcretion. See Excretion.
„l;T f rVp m ' S ali °' and 'hat more ordinarily, ap-
pted to the Excrements themfelves, thus evacuated;
in which Senfe it M of the fame import with Stool
But the Term is alfo. d to the Exci vhich Senfe i See Stool, and Excrement
from hisNobility, is very curious, and deferves to berehear- fed here, after Geliot, and la Colombiere. It was practis'd in the Time of Francis I. upon Captain Fangel, who had cowardly given up Fontarabia, whereof he was Governor. On this Occafion, twenty or thirty Cavaliers, with- out Imputation, or Reproach, were affembled, before whom the Gentleman was accufed of Treafon, and Breach of Faith, by a King at Arms. Two Scaffolds were erected, the one for rfie Judges, Heralds, and Planet's, when'in thei'rbetrime:
iJ^f' 8' utlnous '. < Vs they call them, unguinousDe*
.leclwns, frequent in Scorbutic Difeafes, indicate a Col-
hquation of the Solids of the Body. See Umcuinoos.
Dejection, Fall, , n Aftrology, is applied to the
Purfuevants, and the other for the cSndemn'd Cavalier, rfTeitarotSeTTf' Wh?? ey!' arelol! who was arm'd at all Points, and his Shield nlaced on „ n™.™. :„*!f' " r ™ Ue! lce ' ty .reafon of their being in
s Shield placed on a Oppofition Stake before him, revetfed with the Point upwards. On one Side affiited twelve Priefts, in Surplices, who fung the Vigils of the Dead. At the Clofe of each Pfalm they made a Paufe, during which the Officers of Arms ftripp'd the Condemn' d of fome Piece of his Armour, beginning with the Plelm, and proceeding thus, till he was quite difann'd : Which done, they broke his Shield in three Pieces with a Hammer. Then the King at Arms turn'd aBafcn of hot Water on the Criminal's Head; and the Judges, putting on Mourning Habits, went to the Church. This done, the Degraded was drawn from off the Scaf- fold, with a Rope tied under his Arm-Pits, laid on a Biere, and cover'd with Mortuary-Cloaths, the Prieft ring- ing fome of the Prayers for the Dead; And then he was de-
to fome others, which check, and c. act them. Or it is ufed when a Planet is in a Sign op- polite to that wherein it has its greateft Effect or In- fluence which is call'd its Exaltation. Thus, the Sign Aries being the Exaltation of the Sun, the Sism Libra is its Dejeclwn. See Exaltation.
DEICIDE, Deicida, a Term only us'd in fpeaking u ™ ^ ond , CI ™ at ion, and Execution of the Saviour of thc , World > h Pontius Pilate, and the Jews; which was an horrible Deicide.
liver'd to the Civil- Judge, and the Executioner of Juftice. and more laftine than all the Chaftifemenr
The Jews, an ingenious Author obferves, were never more remote from Idolatry than atprefent; Nevermore inviolably attach d to the Law of Mofes, than at prefect : Whence then thatLoadofEvils and Misfortunes they have iomany Ages groan d under, Evils imcomparably greater
- s wherewith
Take a more Domeilic Inftance : Sir Andrew Har- cU, Earl of Carlijle, being convicted, degraded, and at- tainted ofTreafon, i8°. Edit. lid. coram Regej after Judgment was pronoune'd on him, his Sword was broke
over his Head, and his Spurs hewn off his Heels; Sir or Ceremony of deifylng\i^'£mycm™,l*l. of pkdna Anthony Lucy, the Judge, faying to him, Andrew, now them among the Gods, and decreeing divine Honours to art thou in Knight, but a Knave. And by Stat. 13. u
God anciently avenged their molt heinous Idolatries? Whence do they arife, but from the Deici ie they com- mitted in the Perfon of Jefus Chrift.
DEIFICATION, in the Pagan Theology, the Aft,
Caroli II. William, Lord Manfon, Sir Henry Mildmay, and others, were degraded from all Titles of Honour, Dignities, and Preeminences, and none of them to bear, orufe the Title of Lord, Knight, Eiquier, or Gentle- man, or any Coat of Arms, for ever afterwards.
As to Ecclefiafticks, we have an Inftance of Degrada- tion before Condemnation to Death, in the VHIth Cen-
be rendred them. See God.
The Deification is the fame with Apotbeofis. See Apotheosis.
DE1NCLINERS, or DEINCLINING Dials, are fuch as both decline; and incline, or recline at the fame Time. See Dial.
Suppofe, for Inftance, a Plane to cut the prime Verti- cal Circle at an Angle of;o Degrees; and the Horizontal
tury, at Constantinople. It is in the Perfon of the Pa- Plane under an Angle of 24 Decrees- 'the Elevation of the
ttiarch Confiantin, whom Conftantin Copronymus caufed Pole being 52. Degrees; a Dial drawn on this Plane is
to be executed. He was made to afcend the Ajnbo; the call'd a Demcliner. See Decliner.
Patriarch Nicetas fent fome ofhisBiihops to ftrip him DEISM, the Doctrine, or Belief of fuch as hold the
of the Pallium, and anathematized him. Then they Exiftence of a God, as the whole of their Religion The
made him go out of the Church backwards. But we Word is form'd from Deus, God. See Deists
have a much later Inftance in our own Hiftory. When DEISTS, a Clafs of People, known alfo under the De-
Cramner, Arch-Bifhop of Canterbury, was degraded by nomination of Free-thinkers, whofe Character is not to
Order of Queen Mary; They drefs'd him in Epifcopal profefs any particular Form, or Syftem of Religion • but
Robes, made only of Canvas, put the Mitre on his Head, only to acknowledge the Exiftence of a God without
and the Paftoral Staff in his Hand : And in this Attire rendring him any external Worfhip, or Service,
ftcw'd him to the People. Which done, they ftripp'd TheZ)e//?jhold, that.confidering the Multiplicity ofRe-
him Piece by Piece. ^ Iigions, the numerous Pretences to Revelation, and the ob-
At prcfent, they don't ftand fo much on the Ceremony fcure, precarious Arguments advanced in Proof thereof -
of Degradation, in order to the putting a Prieft to the bell and fureft Way is, to return to the Simplicity
Death; by Reafon of the Delays, and Difficulties that of Nature, and the Belief of one God, which is the only
it would occafion. Pope Boniface pronounced, that Truth agreed to by all Nations.
faEifliops werercquir'd to degrade &Vna&: But the They complain, that the Liberty of thinking, and
Difficulty of affembling fo many Bifhops, rendred the reafoning, is opprefs'd under the Yoke of Religion,
Puniihment frequently impracticable. With us, a Prieft, and that the Minds of Men are ridden, and tyr.inniz'd
after having been deliver'd to his Ordinary, if he cannot over by the Necefllty impos'd on them of believing
purge himfelf of the Crime laid at his Door; his Gown, inconceivable Myfteries; And contend, that nothing
and other Robes are ftripp'd over his Ears by the com- Ihould be requir'd to be affented to, or believed, but
Won Hangman, by which he is declar'd divefted of his what their Reafon clearly conceive.
Orders. It is decided, however, that Degradation does The Appellation 2)«j? is more particularly given tofuch
not efface the Prieftly Character. as are not altogether without Religion, but reject all Re-
Degradarion only feems to differ from Depofition in velation as anlmpofition, and believe no more than what
a tew ignominious Ceremonies, which Cuftom has added natural Light difcovers to them; as that there is a God,
thereto. Accordingly, in the Bufinefs of Araoitl, Arch- aProvidence, a future State, with Rewards and Punifh-
merit*
