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Definition of Divisively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divisively
Literary usage of Divisively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Of the Church, Five Books by Richard Field (1849)
"And besides, if we have power to do the things the law requireth, divisively
only, and not collectively, then we cannot fulfil the law, ex toto, ..."
2. The Works of the Rev. William Bridge by William Bridge (1845)
"First, That the subject is considered two ways, either uni- tive or divisive,
conjunctively or divisively. The subject considered divisively hath always ..."
3. The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker: With an by Richard Hooker, John Keble (1874)
"... yet divisively understood; that' is over each particular person within that
Church where they are kings. ..."
4. The State in Its Relations with the Church by William Ewart Gladstone (1841)
"Kings have "authority* over the church, if not collectively, yet divisively
understood; that is, over each particular person in that church where they are ..."
5. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1863)
"Though these parts may be considered divisively, as composing the merit of our
imputed righteousness, yet in the imputation itself they coalesce into one ..."
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