Definition of principle

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Principle (n.) An original faculty or endowment.

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Ormuzd :: Ormuzd (n.) The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion. See Ahriman..
Ground :: Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope..
Monarchism :: Monarchism (n.) The principles of, or preference for, monarchy..
Rationale :: Rationale (a.) An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves..
Whiggism :: Whiggism (n.) The principles of the Whigs.
Stoichiology :: Stoichiology (n.) That part of the science of physiology which treats of the elements, or principles, composing animal tissues..
Base :: Base (n.) Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.
Protagon :: Protagon (n.) A nitrogenous phosphorized principle found in brain tissue. By decomposition it yields neurine, fatty acids, and other bodies..
Washingtonian :: Washingtonian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a temperance society and movement started in Baltimore in 1840 on the principle of total abstinence..
Fundamental :: Fundamental (a.) Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental axiom..
Calumbin :: Calumbin (n.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.
Science :: Science (n.) Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles..
Principal :: Principal (n.) A principal or essential point or rule; a principle.
Rule :: Rule (a.) A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but man forms its plural men, and is an exception to the rule..
Treatise :: Treatise (n.) A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract..
Scillitin :: Scillitin (n.) A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several substances..
Ontology :: Ontology (n.) That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being..
Solidness :: Solidness (n.) Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like..
Royalism :: Royalism (n.) the principles or conduct of royalists.
Grammates :: Grammates (n. pl.) Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar..
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