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Definition of Ordainments
1. ordainment [n] - See also: ordainment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ordainments
Literary usage of Ordainments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mediaeval Mind: A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in by Henry Osborn Taylor (1919)
"... so as to preserve their spirit, and prevent their departure from equity; for
the Judge recognizes ordainments as legitimate when they conform to the ..."
2. The United States of North America as They are: Not as They are Generally by Thomas Brothers (1840)
"... results which may ultimately crown with new revolutions in morals, religion,
and politics, the ordainments of the humble Frenchman. ..."
3. Enigmas of Life by William Rathbone Greg (1873)
"These cases, wherein happiness would be sinful, are just as much, but no more,
the ordainments of Providence as those more common ones wherein happiness is ..."
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