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Definition of Captivities
1. captivity [n] - See also: captivity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Captivities
Literary usage of Captivities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the American Library of the Late Mr. George Brinley: Of by George Brinley, James Hammond Trumbull (1897)
"NARRATIVES OF captivities. 469 BROWN (THOMAS) A Plain Narrativ[e] of the uncommon
... 472 captivities. Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. JOHNSON. ..."
2. A Discourse Concerning the Divine Providence by William Sherlock (1851)
"J These captivities and dispersions of Israel, especially the long captivity of
Judah in Babylon, served other ends besides the punishment ..."
3. List of Subject Headings for Use in Dictionary Catalogs by American Library Association, Mary Josephine Briggs (1914)
"captivities Capuchins Captivity among the Indians set Indians — Set also Franciscans;
Monasticism Car building see Cars Car couplings Car heating, ..."
4. Stories of Ohio by William Dean Howells (1897)
"LATER captivities. THE Indians seem to have kept on carrying the whites into
captivity, to the very end of the war, which closed with the Greenville treaty ..."
5. A History of Civilization in Palestine by Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister (1921)
"CHAPTER VI THE captivities AND AFTER THESE luxurious and corrupt kingdoms were
abruptly cut short. The Assyrian swooped down on the northern kingdom, ..."
6. Catalogue of the Mercantile Library of Bostonby William Frederick Poole by William Frederick Poole (1854)
"Drake, SG Indian captivities. Boston, 1839. 12° 6442 Dumont, E. Recollections of
Mirabeau. Philadelphia, 1833. 8°. . . 6438 Dunsford, H. Practical ..."
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