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Dogma :: Dogma (n.) A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet..

Panegyric :: Panegyric (a.) An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.

Discourse :: Discourse (v. i.) To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse.

Formalize :: Formalize (v. t.) To render formal.

Indictment :: Indictment (n.) The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury..

Scholasticism :: Scholasticism (n.) The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.

Formalizing :: Formalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Formaliz.

Parlor :: Parlor (n.) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor..

Assume :: Assume (v. t.) To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly..

Epistle :: Epistle (n.) A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters..

Colloquial :: Colloquial (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style..

Statemonger :: Statement (n.) That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.

Demise :: Demise (n.) Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor..

Declaim :: Declaim (v. i.) To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week..

Prologue :: Prologue (v. t.) To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue..

Formality :: Formality (n.) The manner in which a thing is conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are formalities..

Precise :: Precise (a.) Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious.

Red-tapist :: Red-tapist (n.) One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities.

Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole..

Review :: Review (n.) To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment..

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