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Definition of Bereavements
1. bereavement [n] - See also: bereavement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bereavements
Literary usage of Bereavements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1870)
"en 1 of his days a bachelor, he was not the less subject to painful bereavements,
and these, too, at that period of life when the affections are most ..."
2. Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George the Third by John Heneage Jesse (1867)
"... two youngest of the King's Sons, Prince Alfred and Prince Octavius—The King's
feelings and conduct under these bereavements—Birth of Princess Amelia. ..."
3. The Military Life of John, Duke of Marlborough by Archibald Alison (1855)
"But the period had now arrived when the usual fate of mortality awaited this
illustrious man. Severe do- 68. mestic bereavements preceded his dissolution, ..."
4. Funeral Sermons and Outline Addresses: An Aid for Pastors by William Ezra Ketcham (1899)
"... DISTRESSING bereavements UNDER AFFECTING CIRCUMSTANCES. Lover and friend hast
thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. ..."
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