Definition of Straiter

1. strait [adj] - See also: strait

Lexicographical Neighbors of Straiter

strainometer
strainometers
strains
straint
straintronics
straints
strait
strait-laced
strait and narrow
straited
straiten
straitened
straitened times
straitening
straitens
straiter (current term)
straitest
straiting
straitjacket
straitjacketed
straitjacketing
straitjackets
straitlaced
straitlacedly
straitlacedness
straitly
straitness
straitnesses
straits
straitwaistcoat

Literary usage of Straiter

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

1. Discourses Upon the Existence and Attributes of God by Stephen Charnock, William Symington (1874)
"... a new wine to drink; a new heaven to dwell in; a more magnificent structure for our habitation : thus nath Goodness prepared for us a straiter union, ..."

2. Revolutions in English History by Robert Vaughan (1861)
"In a letter written by Pace to Wolsey, at Henry's dictation, the meaning of this ' straiter conjunction' is made clear. ' Please it your grace, ..."

3. The Spirit of Missions by Episcopal church Board of Missions, Episcopal Church Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (1847)
"I have conversed with Mr. straiter with regard to the religious ... Mr. straiter also made me acquainted with a state of things amongst the German Catholics ..."

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