Definition of "convincement" [con•vince•ment]

• The act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction. (noun)

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• "So, nullasalus, you can't just "form your own committee", and acceptance of one's "convincement" is indeed recognized by the only "authority" that exists in the Society of Friends: the meeting itself, acting as a corporate entity."
• "No doubt it is true, as we have before said, that literature being nothing but the reflex of the life of man, or else of the life of nature, the final quest of every form of literature is that special kind of convincement which is inherently suitable to the special form."
• "One becomes a Friend by "convincement" and by asking one's local monthly meeting for a committee on clearness to accept your membership in the meeting."