Definition of Compellations

1. Noun. (plural of compellation) ¹

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Definition of Compellations

1. compellation [n] - See also: compellation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Compellations

compatriotic
compatriotism
compatriots
compear
compeared
compears
comped
compeer
compeered
compeering
compeers
compel
compellable
compellably
compellation
compellations (current term)
compellative
compellatives
compellatory
compelled
compeller
compellers
compelling
compellingly
compels
compend
compendia
compendious
compendiously
compendiousness

Literary usage of Compellations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Primitive Doctrine of Election: Or, An Historical Inquiry Into the by George Stanley Faber (1842)
"Nor is the tenor of the apostolic compellations the sole direct proof of the ... To cite these compellations at full length is superfluous; the attentive ..."

2. Sermons and Other Practical Works: Consisting of Above One Hundred and Fifty by Ralph Erskine (1794)
"From the compellations given to Chrift with relation to believers. ... betwixt Chrift and believers -appears from the compellations given to believers in ..."

3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it is with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1883)
"Esop, instead of mutual love, kind compellations, whore and thief is heard, they fling stools at one another's heads. ..."

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