Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having the spirit of party or of partizans.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. devoted to a political party
Etymologies
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Examples
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And, if we minister to a people who, like the Corinthians, need to be fed with milk and not meat; like them carnal, factious, party-spirited, and if we would delicately hint to them their character -- let us do it indirectly, following Paul's example, when he put restraint on the fullness of matter within, and discoursed only on the elements of
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This individual, whose character forms so fine a relief to the party-spirited and debased condition of the British army in the time of George the
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"How the love to our neighbor, which is commanded by God is a thing different from natural compassion, from natural affection, from party-spirited love, from any love whatever that arises merely from self-love, and from the love which enthusiasts and heretics have for one another."
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Such persons will be very apt to attach themselves to particular persons, to use particular names, to say things merely because others do, and to act in a party-spirited way. "
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