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Definition of Refrainers
1. refrainer [n] - See also: refrainer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Refrainers
Literary usage of Refrainers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"... since they say that they by no means destroy all investigation, like Pyrrho
and his refrainers, but allow of some things to be followed as probable, ..."
2. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"... since they say that they by no means destroy all investigation, like Pyrrho
and his refrainers, but allow of some things to be followed as probable, ..."
3. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"... since they say that they by no means destroy all investigation, like Pyrrho
and his refrainers, but allow of some things to be followed as probable, ..."
4. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon (1877)
"... since they say that they by no means destroy all investigation, like Pyrrho
and his refrainers, but allow of some things to be followed as probable, ..."
5. Works by Francis Bacon, James Spedding (1864)
"... since they say that they by no means destroy all investigation, like Pyrrho
and his refrainers, but allow of some things to be followed as probable, ..."
6. Readings in Ancient History: Illustrative Extracts from the Sources by William Stearns Davis, Willis Mason West (1913)
"... [The bailiffs of great churchmen must be honest, and refrainers from oppression.]
Bishops, abbots and abbesses and counts [ie lay magistrates] shall be ..."
7. Readings in Ancient History: Illustrative Extracts from the Sources by William Stearns Davis, Willis Mason West (1913)
"... [The bailiffs of great churchmen must be honest, and refrainers from oppression.]
Bishops, abbots and abbesses and counts {ie lay magistrates] shall be ..."
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