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Definition of Prolixities
1. prolixity [n] - See also: prolixity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prolixities
Literary usage of Prolixities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana by Louisiana Supreme Court (1847)
"... shall be according to the common law, and contends, that the frequent repetitions
of time and place constitute some of the prolixities contemplated ..."
2. Euphemistic Liturgical Appendixes in the Old Testament by Karl Josef Grimm (1901)
"It is not to be thought that a later copyist added force to the prophecy by
pruning away the prolixities of the original text. Jeremiah is no mean orator ..."
3. An Index to All the Reported Cases in the Several Courts of Equity in by Richard Wilson Gamble, William Barlow (1868)
"... and on the same day was obtained an order to expunge the prolixities. On the
8th. deft, issued and served a conditional order to dissolve the injunction ..."
4. The Old Testament in the Jewish Church: A Course of Lectures on Biblical by William Robertson Smith (1908)
"It is not to be thought that a later copyist added nerve and force to the prophecy
by pruning the prolixities of the original text. ..."
5. The Old Testament in the Jewish Church: Twelve Lectures on Biblical Criticism by William Robertson Smith (1881)
"It is not to be thought that a later copyist added nerve and force to the prophecy
by pruning the prolixities of the original text. ..."
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