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Definition of Tarriest
1. tarry [adj] - See also: tarry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarriest
Literary usage of Tarriest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Why tarriest thou so long ? What region sends " The long-expected Hector home
once more ? " These weary eyes that look on thee have seen "Hosts of thy ..."
2. Notes Explanatory and Practical on the Acts of the Apostles: Designed for ...by Albert Barnes by Albert Barnes (1863)
"And now why tarriest Ihou ? Why lost thou delay, or wait any longer? ... 16 And
oow, why tarriest thou ' arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, ..."
3. Evils of the Cities: A Series of Practical and Popular Discourses Delivered by Thomas De Witt Talmage, Richard S. Rhodes (1903)
"WHY tarriest THOU? Why cannot the final glory roll in now? ... Why tarriest Thou?
Wilt Thou not, before we go the way of all the earth, let us see Thy ..."
4. Sketches of the History of Christian Art by Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford (1885)
"And, seeing Simon ascending, Paul answered, ' Peter, it is time, why tarriest thou?
Finish what thou hast begun.'—And Peter, gazing upwards, cried, ..."
5. Sermons on the Public Means of Grace, on the Fasts & Festivals of the Church by Theodore Dehon (1856)
""And now why tarriest thou? arise and be baptised, and wash away thy sins, calling
on the name of the Lord. ..."
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