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Definition of Abjectness
1. n. The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.
Definition of Abjectness
1. Noun. The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. ¹
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Definition of Abjectness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Abjectness
Literary usage of Abjectness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... but even of common comforts and almost of necessities, it was the intense
solitude and abjectness of her life that first made Jeanne turn to God for ..."
2. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"Universal destruction in the East; universal confusion in the West. — Military
degradation; moral abjectness; derisive equality of the Roman CM- zaa; ..."
3. Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land by Stephen Olin (1843)
"Their abjectness.—Conduct of Travellers.—Judiciary.—Bribery and Perjury
Universal.—Military System of Egypt.—Albanian Soldiers.—Negro Troops.—Col. Seve. ..."
4. Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical by Edmond Burke (1815)
"abjectness. IF we have deserved this kind of evil fame from any thing we have
done in a state of prosperity, I am sure, that it is not an abject conduct in ..."
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