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Definition of Bloodguilt
1. Noun. The state of being guilty of bloodshed and murder.
Definition of Bloodguilt
1. Noun. guilt of wrongfully causing death or shedding blood ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bloodguilt
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodguilt
Literary usage of Bloodguilt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Secret Bible: A Secular Approach by Joseph R. Rosenbloom (2006)
"... and is beaten to death, no bloodguilt is incurred; but if it happens after
sunrise, bloodguilt is incurred" (22.2f.) • "You shall not permit a female ..."
2. The Friend of Peace by Noah Worcester, Massachusetts Peace Society (1821)
"But if bis statements and views are correct—if our people " have been the
aggressors—very much the aggressors in this war," what a weight of bloodguilt- ..."
3. Greek Votive Offerings: An Essay in the History of Greek Religion by William Henry Denham Rouse (1902)
"... for bloodguilt, Plut. Solon 12. 3 Herod, i. 50, 51. These were not dedicated
all at the same time; see above, p. ..."
4. The Constitution a Pro-slavery Compact, Or, Extracts from the Madison Papers by James Madison, Wendell Phillips (1856)
"... can be freedom with slavery, union with injustice, and safety with bloodguilt-
iness. A union of virtue with pollution is the triumph of licentiousness. ..."
5. True Stories of the Great War: Tales of Adventure--heroic Deeds--exploits by Francis Trevelyan Miller (1917)
"What a joke for these two orthodox Slavs to load upon this "steed of God" the
bloodguilt of their stratagem! They laugh—laugh till their eyes fill with ..."
6. True Stories of the Great War: Tales of Adventure--heroic Deeds--exploits by Francis Trevelyan Miller (1917)
"What a joke for these two orthodox Slavs to load upon this "steed of God" the
bloodguilt of their stratagem! They laugh—laugh till their eyes fill with ..."
7. Madeline McDowell Breckinridge: A Leader in the New South by Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (1921)
"Politically it was described as " Bloody B." As she wrote of it later: It was a
precinct which with pain and travail, with violence and bloodguilt, ..."
8. The Constitution a Pro-slavery Compact: Or, Extracts from the Madison Papers by James Madison (1856)
"It assumes that to be practicable which is impossible, namely, that there can be
freedom with slavery, union with injustice, and safety with bloodguilt- ..."
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