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Definition of Burnings
1. burning [n] - See also: burning
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burnings
Literary usage of Burnings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1877)
"... intending to burn his neighbor's also, and the neighbor's is burned, he commits
this offence.8 V. Statutory burnings, § 17. General View. ..."
2. Isis Unveiled: A Master Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1919)
"To make the catalog shorter we will present of each of the twenty-nine burnings,
only the most remarkable.130 IN THE FIRST BURNING, FOUR PERSONS Old ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"Statutory burnings. By statute in most jurisdictions the offense of arson has
been extended so as to include the burning of other buildings than dwelling ..."
4. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1857)
"They shall never live to pay the uttermost farthing, they «hall never come to
the days of refreshment who are cast into perpetual burnings. ..."
5. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1874)
"Doubts as to hia death at Pontefract—Statute against the Lollards— burnings for
heresy—Hostility of France and Scotland—Battle of ..."
6. Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1851)
"Character of the south-eastern promontory of New Brunswick.— Numerous house-burnings.
— Idle young men. — Effects of the drought. ..."
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