The definitions to be given in the Seventh Praxis, are two for an article, six for a noun, three for an adjective, six for a pronoun, seven for a verb finite, five for an infinitive, two for a participle,—­and one for an adverb, a conjunction, a preposition, or an interjection.  Thus:—­

EXAMPLE PARSED.

“Religion, rightly understood and practised, has the purest of all joys attending it.”

Religion is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and nominative case. 1.  A noun is the name of any person, place, or thing, that can be known or mentioned. 2.  A common noun is the name of a sort, kind, or class, of beings or things. 3.  The third person is that which denotes the person or thing merely spoken of. 4.  The singular number is that which denotes but one. 5.  The neuter gender is that which denotes things that are neither male nor female. 6.  The nominative case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the subject of a finite verb.

Rightly is an adverb. 1.  An adverb is a word added to a verb, a participle, an adjective, or an other adverb; and generally expresses time, place, degree, or manner.

Understood is a perfect participle, from the irregular active-transitive verb, understand, understood, understanding, understood. 1.  A participle is a word derived from a verb, participating the properties of a verb, and of an adjective or a noun; and is generally formed by adding ing, d, or ed, to the verb. 2.  The perfect participle is that which ends commonly in ed or en, and implies a completion of the being, action, or passion.

And is a conjunction. 1.  A conjunction, is a word used to connect words or sentences in construction, and to show the dependence of the terms so connected.

Practised is a perfect participle, from the regular active-transitive verb, practise, practised, practising, practised. 1.  A participle is a word derived from a verb, participating the properties of a verb, and of an adjective or a noun; and is generally formed by adding ing, d, or ed, to the verb. 2.  The perfect participle is that which ends commonly in ed or en, and implies a completion of the being, action, or passion.

Has is an irregular active-transitive verb, from have, had, having, had; found in the indicative mood, present tense, third person, and singular number. 1.  A verb is a word that signifies to be, to act, or to be acted upon. 2.  An irregular verb is a verb that does not form the preterit and the perfect participle by assuming d or ed. 3.  An active-transitive verb is a verb that expresses an action which has some person or thing for its object. 4.  The indicative mood is that form of the verb, which simply indicates or declares a thing, or asks a question. 5.  The present tense is that which expresses what now exists, or is taking place. 6.  The third person is that which denotes the person or thing merely spoken of. 7.  The singular number is that which denotes but one.