ossified

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Islam has been "ossified," _i. e._, rendered rigid and unprogressive.

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  1. Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.

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  1. set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs

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  • Unlike the ossified European nobility, Americans were thrilled to meet a real Bavarian countess and didn ;t care how she had come by the title. —  Sex with Kings Eleanor Herman
  • Since that date, by a succession of odd chances, seven new genera have come into my hands, and of these six certainly have well-ossified and developed vertebral columns I reckon there are now about thirty genera of Labyrinthodonts known from all parts of the world and all deposits. —  The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley V.1
  • We are encouraged that he was able to defeat the ossified, reactionary Clinton faction of his party. —  Dave Chandler's Earthside.com
  • Newspapers used to be like that, but they ossified, and are now in terminal state. —  The Corner
  • Artiocetus clavis and Rodhocetus balochistanensis in having solidly co-ossified left and right dentaries. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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