The factions at court were greater, or more visible, than before.
Clarendon.
Visible church (Theol.), the apparent church of Christ on earth; the
whole body of professed believers in Christ, as contradistinguished
from the invisible, or real, church, consisting of sanctified persons.
— Visible horizon. Same as Apparent horizon, under Apparent.
— Vis"i*ble*ness, n. — Vis"i*bly, adv.
Vis"i*goth (?), n. [L. Visegothae, pl. Cf. West, and Goth.] One of the
West Goths. See the Note under Goth. — Vis`i*goth"ic (#), a.
Vi"sion (?), n. [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre,
visum, to see: akin to Gr. &?; to see, &?; I know, and E. wit. See Wit,
v., and cf. Advice, Clairvoyant, Envy, Evident, Provide, Revise,
Survey, View, Visage, Visit.] 1. The act of seeing external objects;
actual sight.
Faith here is turned into vision there.
Hammond.
2. (Physiol.) The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by
which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are
appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the
sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.