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Definition of Contentions
1. contention [n] - See also: contention
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contentions
Literary usage of Contentions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe (1904)
"PARTY contentions PARTY contentions have never been more bitter in the ...
In addition to this the contentions within the Federalist party itself were ..."
2. An Introduction to the History of the Revolt of the American Colonies: Being by George Chalmers (1845)
"contentions between the Governor and the Assembly about a Paper Money Bill.— Campaign
of 1754. — Continuation of the contentions in Morris's Administration. ..."
3. Life of Arthur Lee, LL. D.: Joint Commissioner of the United States to the by Richard Henry Lee, Arthur Lee (1829)
"Political contentions between the Ministerial and Opposition parties in England—
... DURING the years 1770 and '71, the political contentions between the ..."
4. The Alaska Boundary by George Davidson (1903)
"contentions AND CLAIMS MADE BY THE DOMINION OF CANADA. For the period from t° 1867,
... Great Britain had no contentions to make concerning the boundary. ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"... it being manifest that the agreement related to what the plaintiff claimed,
and not to the truthfulness or untruth- fulness of these contentions. ..."
6. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"contentions fierce, Albion. HE came amongst them like a new-raised spirit, To
speak of dreadful judgments that impend, And of the wrath to come. them; ..."
7. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1822)
"... of Lombard Republics— Their Prosperity—and Forms of Government—contentions
between the Nobility and People—Civil Wars—Story of Giovanni di Vicenza. ..."
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