156 PUNISHMENTS.— RELIGION. 



Plate-Print'ing. — Tlie proccs3 of printing from an engraved 



Jilate. 

 Pol'ychrome Print'lng. — The art of printing in one or more 



colors at the sauie time. 

 Proof. — A rough impression of a sheet, taken for correction. 

 Pyrog'raphy (Gr. par, fire, and grapho^ I write). — A mode 



of printing by a system of heated metalHc cyUnders, which 



burn into the wood any design required. 

 Reprint. — A second or a new impression of any printed work ; 



specifically, the publication in one country of a work pre- 

 viously published in another. 

 Revise'. — A second proof-sheet. • 



Script. — A kind of type made in imitation of handwriting. 

 Sorts. — The letters in the several case-boxes are separately 



called sorts. 

 Stereotypog'raphy. — The art of printing on stereotype. 

 To'ken. — Two hundred and fifty sheets. 



PUNISHMENTS. 



Penol'ogy (Lat. pocna^ pain, and Gr. logos, a discourse).— The 

 science which treats of public punishments as they respect 

 the public and the sufi'erer. 



KELTGION. 



Theol'ogy (Gr. Theos, God, and logos, a discourse)^ — The 

 science of God and divine things. It may be divided into 

 several branches, as 



1. Exegetical Theology, which consists in the explanation 

 and interpretation of the Scriptures. 



2. Didactic or Speculative Theology, by which the several 

 doctrines of religion are stated, explained, and supported. 



3. Systematic Theology, which arranges religious dogmas 

 methodically, so as to enable us to contemplate them in 

 their natural connection and to perceive both the mutual 

 dependence of the parts and the symmetry of the whole. 



4. Practical Theology, which consists of an exhibition, 

 first, of precepts and directions ; and. secondl}-, of the 

 motives for complying with them. 



Absolu'tion. — A religious ceremony of the Church of Rome, 



