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Definition of Approbations
1. approbation [n] - See also: approbation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Approbations
Literary usage of Approbations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1886)
"... to see those approbations which it gives it self seconded by the Applauses of
the Publick : A Man is more sure of his Conduct, when the Verdict which he ..."
2. The Spiritual Combat: To which is Added, The Peace of the Soul, and the by Lorenzo Scupoli (1817)
"... approbations OF THE FOREGOING WORK. THE late Rev. ALBAN BUTLER, author of the
Lives of Saints, says, that LAURENCE SCUPOLI, author of the Spiritual ..."
3. Remembrancer: Geography, on a New and Improved Plan, Topographically by Benjamin Gleason (1814)
"... approbations. Boston, 27th August, 1814. Dear Sir, AGREEABLY to the vote of
the Associated Instructors of Youth in this Town and vicinity, ..."
4. Studies in Philosophy and Psychology by Charles Edward Garman, James Hayden Tufts, Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge, Edmund Burke Delabarre, Arthur Henry Pierce, Frank Chapman Sharp (1906)
"man's approbations as these are when they have been purged of all inconsistencies
... But right seems to me more than this; it marks the approbations of a ..."
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