Definition of Riotousness

1. Noun. The state or condition of being riotous. ¹

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Definition of Riotousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Riotousness

riot police
rioted
rioter
rioters
rioting
riotings
riotise
riotises
riotize
riotizes
riotless
riotour
riotours
riotous
riotously
riotousness
riotousnesses
riotries
riotry
riots
rip-off
rip-offs
rip-roaring
rip box
rip boxes
rip current
rip currents
rip into
rip off

Literary usage of Riotousness

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

1. Rome, as it was Under Paganism, and as it Became Under the Popes by John Miley (1843)
"Speaking proud words of vainglory, they allure by the desire of fleshly riotousness. Promising liberty (from the salutary restraints of Christ's ..."

2. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1864)
"At the hearing the charge of riotousness woi no* proved, ond he was convicted of being drunk only, under the 21 Jac. 1, c. 7, and fined 5j. ; i'/. ..."

3. The Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles and the Revelation of St. John,the by Franklin Jones Firth (1912)
"3 For the time past is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, ..."

4. The Vulgate New Testament, with the Douay Version of 1582. In Parallel Columns by Robert Bagster, Jerome (1872)
"'For the time past sufficeth (to accomplish the will of the Gentiles) them that have walked in riotousness, desires, excess of wine, ..."

5. The cross and the crescent as standards in war by James J. Macintyre (1854)
"... the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, ... run not with them into the same confusion of riotousness, speaking evil of you. ..."

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