Definition of "party-spirited" [party-spirited]

• Having the spirit of party or of partizans.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "And, if we minister to a people who, like the Corinthians, need to be fed with milk and not meat; like them carnal, factious, party-spirited, and if we would delicately hint to them their character -- let us do it indirectly, following Paul's example, when he put restraint on the fullness of matter within, and discoursed only on the elements of"
• "This individual, whose character forms so fine a relief to the party-spirited and debased condition of the British army in the time of George the"
• ""How the love to our neighbor, which is commanded by God is a thing different from natural compassion, from natural affection, from party-spirited love, from any love whatever that arises merely from self-love, and from the love which enthusiasts and heretics have for one another.""