Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of a religious sect in Scotland, founded by John Glass (1695-1773). See
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John
Glass , a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is “no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding.” The English and American adherents of this faith are calledSandemanians , after RobertSandeman , the son-in-law and disciple of Glass.
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Examples
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"You're home, children," the Head Teacher told us after we had gone into the glassite dome they'd built for us there.
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Rab Crane, gripping his suitcase in one hand and interplanetary passport and ticket in the other, ran up the gangplank into the glassite-walled promenade deck where the Venusian ship's officer on duty was being beset by passengers wanting various services.
Hell Wings Over Manhattan Adams, Stephen 2004
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The stuff covered the helmets and space-suits of Rab Crane and Lalla Dee but could not penetrate through their air-tight glassite suits.
Hell Wings Over Manhattan Adams, Stephen 2004
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He drew from his pocket a metal tube and took out of it a glassite vial filled with a yellow, fluffy substance.
Hell Wings Over Manhattan Adams, Stephen 2004
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Lalla Dee had stopped by the transparent glassite wall of the deck, and Crane saw that she was still shivering.
Hell Wings Over Manhattan Adams, Stephen 2004
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Its glassite-fronted helmet was on his head and he breathed tangy oxygen from the tank inside the airtight suit.
Hell Wings Over Manhattan Adams, Stephen 2004
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Rab glimpsed Lalla Dee's white face, conscious now, through the glassite front of her helmet.
Hell Wings Over Manhattan Adams, Stephen 2004
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Scrambling through the opening, he stumbled out onto the sun-drenched glassite walkway.
The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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Now she was made of sterner stuff, and-in a Boadicean mood, she swept through a glassite passageway to the flitter garage.
Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 2000
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Bright sunshine streamed through the glassite wall, revealing a pleasant view of cobbled streets, peaked roofs, and the grim towers of the Bastille.
Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 2000
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