Abasements

Definition of Abasements

1. Noun. (plural of abasement) ¹

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Definition of Abasements

1. abasement [n] - See also: abasement

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abasements

Literary usage of Abasements

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

1. The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-taylor of London, from A.D by Henry Machin, John Gough Nichols (1848)
"lu consequence of this act of government rumours were current that further abasements were contemplated ; and " By the ..."

2. Works by Jean Calvin, Calvin translation society (1855)
"... or abasements to which Jerusalem had ... “In the days of her affliction and of her abasements. ..."

3. The blessed sacrament: or, The works and ways of God by Frederick William Faber (1856)
"... weak and infirm, and that He condescends to exhibit to us as truly^ and to endure for us as really, the peculiar ignominies and abasements ot childhood, ..."

4. In spirit and in truth, an essay on the ritual of the New Testament [by T.E by Thomas Edward Bridgett (1869)
"... and yet these are not two Christs, but one Christ; and to know that one Christ truly we must know Him in His glories as well as in His abasements. ..."

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