Definition of Devolutions

1. Noun. (plural of devolution) ¹

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Definition of Devolutions

1. devolution [n] - See also: devolution

Lexicographical Neighbors of Devolutions

devoid
devoid of(p)
devoidness
devoir
devoirs
devolatilization
devolatilizations
devolatilize
devolatilizer
devolatilizers
devolution
devolutional
devolutionary
devolutionist
devolutionists
devolutions (current term)
devolve
devolve on
devolved
devolvement
devolves
devolving
devon
devonian
devons
devoration
devorations
devore
devot
devotaries

Literary usage of Devolutions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Life of King Henry the Second, and of the Age in which He by Baron George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1769)
"... THE devolutions -Or ENGLAND. they feem to have been -as common as Sequins are ... devolutions ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"The alternations or devolutions themselves may be numberless, save only to God ; so may the degrees be of man's ..."

3. Fourteen Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasions: Together with a Large by Francis Atterbury (1708)
"... in the devolutions of Government. SERMON Preach'd before the Honourable ... devolutions ..."

4. Summary of the Law of Intestate Succession in Scotland: With a Brief Outline by Peter Hay Cameron (1884)
"What Dispositions and devolutions of Property confer Succession. ... (a) The part of the section which relates to devolutions by law is not retrospective, ..."

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