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Definition of Deservings
1. deserving [n] - See also: deserving
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deservings
| deserty deserve deserved deservedly deservedness deservednesses deserver deservers deserves deservest | deserveth deserving deserving(p) deservingly deservingness deservings (current term) desetope |
Literary usage of Deservings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Church of Christ: From the Days of the Apostles, Till the by Joseph Milner (1835)
"... and a lantern to his paths. the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
by faith and not for our own works or deservings,"" is preached by a bishop ..."
2. Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings by Joseph Hall (1837)
"Our sufferings far below our deservings. THOU art pained with sickness:—Look not
at what thou feelest, but at what thou hast deserved to feel. ..."
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