had great credit with the whole Church party; For he was a man possessed with their notions .-- _Swift_.

That is, Church notions.
P.765._Burnet_.

Lord Churchill [afterwards Duke of Marlborough] ...
was a man of a noble and graceful appearance, bred up in the court with no literature: But he had a solid and clear understanding, with a constant presence of mind.

He knew the arts of living in a court better than any man in it.

He caressed all people with a soft and obliging deportment, and was always ready to do good offices....