DIR 
in fhape, oe to the form or ftru€ture of the part to 
n fom cafes the furgeon’s finger is the 
UCTOR 
EcToOR Penis, in Anatomy, a mufcle of the penis, 
aie eae ufnally ereG@or. See Erector, 
DIRECTORY of Public Worfbip, was drawn up by t = 
aflecably of divines at Weftminfler, and eftablifhed by a 
ordinance of ee in Rear repealing the ee of 
ae 7 Vi. an 
Palms. 
Iuftzad of one preferibed form id Bio it the directory 
only ars out certain topics, which the — 
might ep!ar The whole apocrypba was rejected 5 
both as Bane and Jay baptifin, with the of aaa. 
fathers and god-nothers, and the fign of the crofs, were 
dice dane. In the apie of the Lor?’s tip no 
mention is made private covamenion or adminittering it 
to the fick. altar a rails was changed into a com- 
munion t»ble, ce which the people might ftand or fit ; 
kneeling not being thought fo prop. ra polture, Lisktcot 
S: Iden, 2 ad = were “Por o open com mmusion, to whic the 
{car dalous, prep paw or that live | in any fin or fence agent 
ae r knowledge or conf{cienee, that they prefume not t 
me to that an table, fhewing them, that he that et 
ee drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to 
him{elf. e prohibition of marriage in Lent, and the ufe 
of the oe were laid afide. In the vifitation ‘of the fick no 
mention is made of private confeffion, or authoritative ae 
lution. Not ervice is appointed for the burial of the 
All pansion veftments for pricits or minifters, a “all 
faints-days were difcarded. It has been remark~d, as a con- 
fiderable omiffion, that the aver does not sl the read- 
in of the apo oftles? creed, and the ten commandments. How 
ever, ae were added to the afiembly’ 8 confeflion of fa 
which was publifhed a year or two afterwards. This dirediory 
continued i: nfe till the reftoration of king Charles II., 
when, th e conftitution being reftored, the old liturgy took 
place again ; btained 
the royal afflent. The revolution, thus Cenfened in the form 
of public worthip, did not take place for a confiderable time 
over the whole kingdom. in me parts of the country the 
church-wardens could not procure a dire€tory; and in others 
they defpifed it, and continued the old common praye r book; 
fome would read no os and others ufed one of the own, 
eae order to enfoice the ufe o 
» by an cee ee Avgu 23, es called in 
hofe 
vl. ii. 
fruits of prefbyterian Salona. and ee are equally to be 
condemned with the feverities and oppreflions that had been 
vate “tomy could be no ahubane: to the publi 
any excufe to fay, that very few fuffered 4 : leant: the 
DIR 
law is fill the fame, and equally i injumous to the righte of 
mankind, By an ordinance, ran ey 39 1645, which cone 
tinued till the reftoration, t o preac es Gite 6 or print any 
fog in nace ation or ae of the direGory, laa 
he offender, upon inditiment, to a difcretionary 
sees dine i The king’s proclamation at Oxfo ey pre 
November 13, 1645, forbidding the vfe of the new direGtory, 
and enjoining the contisuance of the common prayer, was 
of no avail, 
“b 
Di t of a Law, ftands much upon the fam 
footing oy re fae (which fee); for this virtually 
includes the former; the declaration being ufually colledied 
faa the direétion 
DIRECTRIX, in rae See Diaicent. 
Dirsctrix of the parabola. See Conic Sedtions. 
DIRENKRUTT, in Geog: “aphy. a town of Germany, in 
the archduchy of Aufria, 5 miles S. E. of Zifterfdorff, 
NOW, ariver of cana, in the circle of U; - 
a oa which runs frem the Grofs Haff into the 
‘DIRIBITORES, among the Romans, officers appointed 
. a tablets to the people at the Comitia. See 
“DIRIBITORIUM, in Roman a an immenfe 
eens . Rome, w ba. aceording to Dion Cafius, was the 
large wag ever Inclofed under one roof, and of fuch 
1Ze, ee when it aad by age, no perfon was able to re- 
patrit; and, therefore, it was quite open in the time of that 
hiftorian, ‘This b uildicg was begun by Agrippa, and 
finifhed by Auguftus. Its ufe ha as not been afcertained 3 
he it might probably. have bean intended for the accommo. 
tion of 1 of the a when it would 
fase been inconvenient, on account of heat, or cold, or 
rain, for them to have met ee in places that were un- 
covered, 
DIRIGENT, aterm in Geometry, expreffing the line of 
motion, along which a defcribent ve or furtace, is carriéd 
in the arp of any plane, s folid 
he line rr abe Geom Js: 80.) move 
cA . 
a 
ne e diriyent. 
furface be fuppofed to be carried ven a 
, in a pofition always parallel to ifelf in its aN pa 
tion, the folid ADEH will be formed, where the fur- 
face AD is the defcribent, and the line C E is the di- 
rigent. 
DIRIGOTHIA, in rite Geography, atown of Lower 
Meefia, the fame with Dirogetiu, now Drimago. 
A, in the Halon Mufic, a term: intimating 
that the piece is be play r funy in conjoint degrees. 
Thus, Sci dong alla cts, according to “Angelo Berars 
di, is obliged to raife or fall the voice by i 
fame ee 1. €. io an Eonlauaieer afcending or defcend- 
ing, without varie a ss even of the interval of a third, 
Brofs. Di&. 
DIRMSTEIN, in Conan, a town of Germany, in 
the circle of the Upper Raine, and bifhopric of Worms; 
4 miles S. S. W. of Worme.” 
DIRPHYS, in Ancient Geography, a mountain in the 
ifland of Hub 
DIRRI TORE, i in Geography, a town of Germany, in ] 
archduchy of Auftria; pillaged and deftroyed in 1310; 
miles N. of Steyr. - 
DIRSCHAU, a fmall town of Pruffia, on the Viftu'a, 
fituated in a very fertile country. It was built in 1209, and 
6 had 
