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Definition of Oppressions
1. oppression [n] - See also: oppression
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oppressions
Literary usage of Oppressions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1853)
"... The king's teller to the pope to release England from the papal oppressions.
... calling on us to procure their liberation from the oppressions which ..."
2. Reports of Cases in the Courts of Star Chamber and High Commission by England and Wales Court of Star Chamber, Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1886)
"... first was for oppressions and extortion supposed to be committed by the
defendant Richard Carrier and some of the other defendants enjoying an office or ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"The greatest part of the Spaniards was even disposed to prefer this new condition
of poverty and barbarism, to the severe oppressions of the Roman ..."
4. The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"... Arthur with Catharine of Arragon—His death—Marriage of the princess Margaret
with the king of Scotland—Oppressions of the people—A parliament—Arrival of ..."
5. The History of Rome by Livy (1835)
"It was one of the greatest merits of Vespasian, Trajan, and Hadrian, that they
set bounds to subordinate oppressions. We learn from Pliny's letters to what ..."
6. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... more than under any attack from the regular Opposition. those oppressions.
Inquiries of that kind, addressed to military monarchies, are not peaceful. ..."
7. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1886)
"... the The Bill. first was for oppressions and extortion supposed to be committed
by the defendant Richard Carrier and some of the other defendants ..."