Con-fōrm'i-ty, n.

n. [Fr. conformité, Pr. conformitat.] 1. Correspondence in character or manner; resemblance; agreement; congruity with something else;— followed by to, with, or between. We can not be otherwise happy, but by our conformity to God. Tillotson. Many instances prove the conformity of the essay with the notions of Hippocrates. Arbuthnot. A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste. Addison. 2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the established church. The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity. Hallam.