Lexicographical Neighbors of Closenesses
Literary usage of Closenesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of the Learned Sir John Cheke, Kt., First Instructor, Afterwards by John Strype, William Elstob (1821)
"Therefore, " since so many mutual offices, so many pious closenesses " and ties
are between you and the University, that in " fetching back the remembrance ..."
2. The Atonement of Christ: Six Lectures in Hereford Cathedral During Holy Week by Alfred Barry (1871)
"... again form different closenesses of union, and in proportion to them is the
real power of ourselves over our fellow-men and of our fellow-men over us. ..."