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Definition of Contenders
1. contender [n] - See also: contender
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contenders
Literary usage of Contenders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Law by William Callyhan Robinson (1910)
"Of the Plea of Guilty: Nolo Contenders, A plea of guilty is a formal acknowledgment
by the accused, in open court, that the allegations of the indictment or ..."
2. Evangelical Christendom: Christian Work and the News of the Churches by Evangelical Alliance (1851)
"... the •' right hand and on the left," till i* saw six valiant fellow-contenders
for " the Uth once delivered to the saints" take their itand by his side. ..."
3. A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience by Richard Baxter (1825)
"Direction for the Discovery of the Truth among Contenders, and the Escape of
Heresy and Deceit. THOUGH truth be naturally the object of man's understanding, ..."
4. Alexander and Rufus: Or, A Series of Dialogues on Church Communion, in Two by John Anderson (1820)
"The case is the same with the hot contenders for and against ... Such also is
the case of the hot contenders either for or against kneeling at the Lord's ..."