Definition of Dissentions

1. dissention [n] - See also: dissention

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissentions

dissentaneous
dissentany
dissentation
dissentations
dissented
dissenter
dissenterism
dissenters
dissentient
dissentients
dissenting
dissenting(a)
dissenting opinion
dissentingly
dissention
dissentions (current term)
dissentious
dissentiously
dissentive
dissents
dissepiment
dissepiments
dissert
dissertate
dissertated
dissertates
dissertating
dissertation
dissertational
dissertationist

Literary usage of Dissentions

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

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1804)
"In civil dissentions, the weaker faction endeavoured to strengthen its interest by entering into secret connexions with the governors of the frontier ..."

2. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1825)
"ciently into the dissentions and contests, and given specimens of the debates, in the national, conventional, and .legislative assemblies of France, ..."

3. Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"ALL Souls' College scandalous, not only for their dissentions and combinations against each other, but " for their compota- tions, ..."

4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"... which had been introduced into that city from the internal dissentions which had broken out in Pistoia. After some intermediate struggles, the Neri, ..."

5. History of the Island of St. Domingo: From Its First Discovery by Columbus by James Barskett (1824)
"A settlement formed. —Its demolition and re-establishment.—Battle with the natives — Subjection of the island.—dissentions among the colonists. ..."

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