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Definition of Ransoming
1. ransom [v] - See also: ransom
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ransoming
Literary usage of Ransoming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"It says, indeed, not • on the ground of the ransoming that is in Christ Jesus
... How this ransoming comes to be in Christ Jesus is, then, ..."
2. The Spanish Archives of New Mexico: Comp. and Chronologically Arranged with by Ralph Emerson Twitchell (1914)
"... ment of the amount of alms collected for the ransoming of captives among the
hostile Indians. 840 ANZA, JUAN BAUTISTA DE, Santa Fe, May 13, 1782. ..."
3. The Classics, Greek & Latin: The Most Celebrated Works of Hellenic and Roman by Marion Mills Miller (1910)
"... T. Manlius II., Roman dictator, speaks against ransoming prisoners of Hannibal,
L. v. 333; Cicero on, vi. 87. Townsend, Rev. Geo. ..."
4. The History of Chivalry Or Knighthood and Its Times. by Charles Mills (1825)
"... a Cavalier's Valiancy Singular Bravery of Sir Robert Knowles Bravery incited
by Vanes Fantastic Circumstances The Humanities of Chivalric War Ransoming ..."
5. The Life, Travels and Adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the by Lambert A. Wilmer (1858)
"The Peruvians wisely and laudably threw away their PERUVIANS Ransoming THEIR
EMPEROR. property, rather than permit it to come into the possession of ..."
6. A Church History by Christopher Wordsworth (1883)
"... Influence of Christianity on Marriage; Slavery; Care of Sick and Dying;
Almsgiving; Ransoming of Captives—illustrated from tlie life and writings of ..."
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