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Definition of Bloodsheds
1. bloodshed [n] - See also: bloodshed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodsheds
Literary usage of Bloodsheds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunday Lecturesby Joseph Krauskopf, Henry Berkowitz, Joseph Leonard Levy by Joseph Krauskopf, Henry Berkowitz, Joseph Leonard Levy (1891)
"... more peaceful environment and greater ease and culture, with man of former
times hardened by constant wars and bloodsheds and privations and struggles, ..."
2. A commentary on the Psalms of David [tr. based on that of A. Golding]. by Jean [comms. on the Bible] Calvin (1840)
"16 Deliver me from bloodsheds, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue
shall sing of thy righteousness joyfully. 17 Lord, open thou my lips; ..."
3. The Praise of Folly: By Desiderius Erasmus by Desiderius Erasmus (1887)
"So many perjuries, lusts, drunkenness, quarrels, bloodsheds, cheats, treacheries,
and all sorts of debaucheries, shall all be, as it were, struck a bargain ..."
4. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1879)
"... shall make good and faithful presentments of all bloodsheds, out-cries, affrays,
and rescues made within your office: and you shall well and truly, ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... quarrels, bloodsheds, cheats, treacheries, debaucheries, shall all be, as it
were, struck a bargain for; and such a contract made as if they had paid ..."
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