Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-FORM'I-TY, n.

1. Likeness; correspondence with a model in form or manner; resemblance; agreement; congruity with something else; followed by to or with. A ship is constructed in conformity to a model, or in conformity with a model. True happiness consists in conformity of life to the divine law.
2. Consistency; agreement. Many instances prove the conformity of the essay with the notions of Hippocrates. – Arbuthnot.
3. In theology, correspondence in manners and principles; compliance with customs. Live not in conformity with the world. – Anon.