Definition of Afflictions

1. Noun. (plural of affliction) ¹

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Definition of Afflictions

1. affliction [n] - See also: affliction

Lexicographical Neighbors of Afflictions

afflated
afflation
afflations
afflatus
afflatuses
afflict
afflicted
afflictedness
afflicter
afflicters
afflictest
afflicteth
afflicting
affliction
afflictionless
afflictions (current term)
afflictive
afflictively
afflicts
affluence
affluences
affluencies
affluency
affluent
affluential
affluentials
affluently
affluentness
affluents
affluenza

Literary usage of Afflictions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Exposition of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians by Charles Hodge (1862)
"Our light afflictions work exceedingly, ie are beyond measure efficacious in securing or producing an eternal weight of glory.' 18. ..."

2. The Life and Times of Henry Clay by Calvin Calton (1846)
"His Domestic afflictions.—His Domestic Character.—His Character as a Master, Neighbor, Citizen, and Man of Feeling.—Ashland and its Hospitalities. ..."

3. Works of Henry Clay: Comprising His Life, Correspondence, and Speeches by Henry Clay, Thomas Brackett Reed, William McKinley (1896)
"His Domestic afflictions.—His Domestic Character.—His Character as a Master, Neighbor, Citizen, and Man of Feeling.—Ashland and its Hospitalities. ..."

4. The History of the Church of Christ: Intended as a Continuation of the Work by John Scott, Joseph Milner, Isaac Milner (1829)
"That piety of the writer's mind, which Xlt' gives so religious a turn to all these subjects, 3. on will appear still more conspicuous where the afflictions, ..."

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