ADO 



their faith in Chrift, and outward profefiion of his reVi- 

 pioii ; or is appropriate to thofc ChrilHans in particular who 

 conform in their difpofition and prartice to the precepts of 

 the ffofpel, and arc the fpeclal objefto of divine favour. 

 According to the ftheinc of Dr. Taylor, in his Key to the 

 Apoilolical Writings, prefixed to his Paniphrafe, &c. on the 

 Epiftle to the Romans, (chap. xii. p. 91.) adoption, as well 

 as deftion, voeaiion, jullification, &c. bch)ng to the clafs of 

 antecedent blefiings, which, in a fenfe, belong at prcfcnt to 

 all Chriftians, even thofe, who for their wickeduefs (hall 

 perifh eternally ; and that they do not import an abfolute, 

 final ftate of favour and happincfs ; bvit are to be confidercd 

 as principles or motives to engage us to holincfs and obedi- 

 ence. He allows that fonie of the exprcfiions, whcrcb)- the 

 «ntecedent bleffings arc fignified, may be ufcd in a double 

 fenfe ; either, as they are applied to all Oirillians in generxil 

 in relation to their being tranflatcd into the kingdom of 

 God, and made his peculiar people, enjoying the privileges 

 of tlie gofptl ; or, as they fignify the effefts of thofe privi- 

 leges, viz. either that excellent difpofition and character 

 which they arc intended to produce, or that final ilatc of 

 happincfs, which is the reward of it. See Locke'a Works, 

 , vol. iii. p. 31 2- 570. 



Adoption has a particular refpeft to that future refur- 

 reftion and immortality to the hope of which Chriftians 

 were begotten again by the doClrine and refurreclion of 

 Chrili. 'Sec Whitby Comment, vol. ii. p. 44. 324. 339. 

 full edition, 



AnoPTiON is fometimes alio nfed, in fpeaking of the p.n- 

 eient clergy, who had a cuftoin of taking a maid or widow 

 into their houfes, under the denomination of an adoptive or 

 fpiritual filler, or niece. Du-Cangc. 



Adoption is alfo ufed in fpeaking of the adniiffion of 

 perfons into certain hofpitals, particularly that of Lyons ; 

 the adminitlrators whereof have all the power and rights of 

 ■ parents over the children admitted. 



Adoption is alfo ufed for the reception of a new acade- 

 my into the body of an old one. 



In which fenfe, adoption amounts to much the fame with 

 htcorporvtion. 



The French academy of Marfeilles was adopted by that 

 «f Paris ; on which account, we find a volume of fpeeches 

 extant, made by feveral members of the academy of Mar- 

 feilles, deputed to return thanks to that of Paris, for the 

 honour. 



In a fenfe not unlike this, adoption is alfo applied by the 

 Greeks, to the admitting a monk or brother, into a monalUc 

 community ; fometimes called fpiritual adoption. 



ADOPTIVE, Adoptivus, or Adoptitius, denotes a 

 perfop adopted by another. 



Adopted children, among the Romans, were on the fame 

 footing with natural ones ; for which reafon, they were either 

 to be inftituted heirs, or exprefsly difmherited ; otiienvile 

 the teftament was null. 



The emperor Adrian preferred adoptive children to natu- 

 ral ones ; bccaufe we choofe the former, but are obliged to 

 take the latter at random. 



M. Menage has publiflied a book of eloges, or verfes ad- 

 dreffed to him ; which he calls Liber Adopliinis, an adoptive 

 booh ; and adds it to his other works. — Heinfius, and Furf- 

 ttemburg of Munller, have hkewife publifhed adoptive 

 books. In Ecchjtajlical IVriurs we find adoptive women or 

 fillers, adopii-vx famimt, or forores, ufed for thofe hand- 

 maids of the ancient clergy, otlierwife called fuhintro- 



Adoptive erms are ihofc witich a perfon enjoys by the 



ADO 



gift or coiieelTion of another, and to which he wns fioT: 

 otherwife entitled. They Hand contradiltinguillicd from 

 arms of alliance. 



Adoptive is alfo ufed to exptefs a thing borrowed of 

 taken from another. In v.hich fenfe we ibnittimcs meet 

 with ndoptive hair, by way of oppolkion to natural hair ; 

 and adoptive gods, by way of contr?,dillin<ftion to domcilic 

 ones. The Romans, notwithilanding the nunibcr of tlieir 

 domeftic, had their adoptive gods, taken chiefly from the 

 Egyptians : fuch were Ifis, Ofiris, Anubis, Apis, Harpo- 

 cratcs, and Canopus. 



ADOPTIVl, in Chunh Hifrcry. See Adoptiant. 



ADOR fignifies a fpecies of corn called spelta and 

 zr.A. 



ADORA, or Adoraim, in Aiuimt Gei)grapl<v, a citv 

 belonging to the tribe of Judah, not far from Marefa in 

 the fouthern part of Judah, on the confines of Idumaia. 

 Thefe two cities were taken by Hyrcanus in his expedition 

 into Syria, when he delboyed the Samaritan temple on 

 Mount Garizim. Joitpli. Antiq- apud op. tom. i. p. 659. 

 ed. Havevc. 



ADORATION, the aft of rendering divine honours ; 

 or of p.ddrefiing God or a being, as fuppofing it a god. 

 See Worship. The word is compounded oi ad, to; and 

 OS, !iio!/th ; and literally fignifies to apply the hands to the 

 mouth ; rmirum od os admove/'c, q. d. to iifs the hand ; this 

 being, in tiie ealleni conutrles, -one of the great marks of 

 leipccl and fubmiffiuu ; and fecming, from the firlt books of 

 Herodotus, to be ot PerfiaB origin. To tliis mode of ido- 

 latrous worlhip Job refers, chap. xxxi. 26, 27. — See alfa 

 I Kin<rs xix. jy. 



riie ceremony of adoration among the ancient Roman* 

 was thus: the devotee Iraving his head covered, applied his 

 right hand to his lips, the fore-finger rcfting on the thumb, 

 which was erett, and thus bowing his head, tunied himfelf 

 round from left to right. The kifs thus given was called 

 ofiidnm lahralum ; for ordinarily they Avere afraid to touch 

 the images of their gods themielves with their profane lips. 

 Sometimes, however, they would kifs their feet and even 

 knees, it beiiig held an incivihty to touch their mouths ; 

 fo that the affair pafl'ed at fome diftance. Others pretend, 

 that they firft ftretclied out the hand, and afterward* 

 drew it back to their lips ; but it rather appears that 

 the contraiy order was obferved. Saturn, however, and 

 Hercules, were adored with the head bare ; whence the 

 worfliip of the lafl was called in/Iitntiim pcregrinum, and 

 rilus Gr<fcai:iciis, as departing from the Roman cuftomary 

 method, which was to facrifice and adore, with the face 

 veiled, and the clothes drawn up to the ears, to prevent 

 any interruption in the cei-emony, by the fight of unlucky 

 objefts. 



Sometimes alfo proflration, or fall'ng on the face, and 

 fometimes kneeling, were practiled ; fometimes thev turned 

 towards the fun, and fometimes to the eaft. 



Other circumllances of adoration were the putting crowns, 

 garlands, and the like, on the ftatues or images adored ; fit- 

 ting down by them, praying to them in foft trembling imir- 

 mu/s, to be favourable, fux'eas mihi. 



The Romans pracliitd adoration at facrifiees, and other 

 folemnities; in paffmg by temples, altars, groves, S;c. at the 

 fight of ftatues, images, or the like, whether of ilone or 

 wood, wherein any thing of divinity was luppofedlo refide. 

 Ufually there were images ot the gods placed at tlie gates 

 of cities, for thofe \vho went in, or out, to pay their 

 refpefts to. 



The Cauls, inilead of turning about to the right hand, 

 5 after 



