Conformity, n.; pl. Conformities (#). [Cf. F. conformité.]
1. Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.
By our conformity to God. Tillotson.
The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God. Dr. H.More.
A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste. Addison.
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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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for conformity; he lists it under harmony.
Where he writes about it:
Conformity is correspondence in form, manner, or use; the word often signifies submission to authority or necessity, and may be as far as possible from harmony; as, the attempt to secure conformity to an established religion. — from harmony