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Definition of Riotousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riotousness
Literary usage of Riotousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rome, as it was Under Paganism, and as it Became Under the Popes by John Miley (1843)
"Speaking proud words of vainglory, they allure by the desire of fleshly riotousness.
Promising liberty (from the salutary restraints of Christ's ..."
2. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1864)
"At the hearing the charge of riotousness woi no* proved, ond he was convicted of
being drunk only, under the 21 Jac. 1, c. 7, and fined 5j. ; i'/. ..."
3. The Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles and the Revelation of St. John,the by Franklin Jones Firth (1912)
"3 For the time past is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles,
for them who have walked in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, ..."
4. The Vulgate New Testament, with the Douay Version of 1582. In Parallel Columns by Robert Bagster, Jerome (1872)
"'For the time past sufficeth (to accomplish the will of the Gentiles) them that
have walked in riotousness, desires, excess of wine, ..."
5. The cross and the crescent as standards in war by James J. Macintyre (1854)
"... the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, ... run not
with them into the same confusion of riotousness, speaking evil of you. ..."
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