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Definition of Decrials
1. decrial [n] - See also: decrial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decrials
Literary usage of Decrials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1842)
"... but to the deliberate, ratified, authoritative judgment of the English mind,
thus to indulge in chance decrials of her divine poet. ..."
2. Masques and Mummers: Essays on the Theatre of Here and Now by Charles Frederic Nirdlinger (1899)
"From the sanctum of their subtle master they were hurried to their desks to write
decrials of an institution that at times menaced his adventures. ..."
3. The Pro and Con of Universalism: Both as to Its Doctrines and Moral Bearings by George Rogers (1871)
"Away ! then, with your senseless decrials of human reason, for Jehovah himself
has honored it by frequent appeals to it in his word. ..."
4. The Story of a Play: A Novel by William Dean Howells (1898)
"She began to praise Godolphin, or, at least, to own herself mistaken in some of
her decrials of him. She could not be kept from bubbling over to two or ..."
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