Definition of Devolutionists

1. devolutionist [n] - See also: devolutionist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Devolutionists

devoicing
devoid
devoid of(p)
devoidness
devoir
devoirs
devolatilization
devolatilizations
devolatilize
devolatilizer
devolatilizers
devolution
devolutional
devolutionary
devolutionist
devolutionists (current term)
devolutions
devolve
devolve on
devolved
devolvement
devolves
devolving
devon
devonian
devons
devoration
devorations
devore
devot

Literary usage of Devolutionists

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

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1907)
"There are devolutionists. no doubt, who will argue that they have done all In their power for Ireland, and that the Nationalist rejection of their overtures ..."

2. The Outlook in Ireland: The Case for Devolution and Conciliation by Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin Dunraven (1907)
"These were the aims of Mr. Chamberlain in 1886, and they are the aims of devolutionists to-day. We appeal to the moderate opinion in Great Britain for " a ..."

3. The Independent Review (1906)
"Yet there is an expedient which has not yet had a fair chance, which devolutionists might regard as a move in the right direction ..."

4. Ireland: To-day and To-morrow by Ernest Bruce Iwan-Müller (1907)
"The professed object of those who call themselves devolutionists is to adopt the peculiarly English expedient of compromise. But compromise is only possible ..."

5. Modern World Movements: Theosophy and the School of Natural Science "The by Jirah Dewey Buck (1913)
"We call it "Conscience—Knowledge of Truth". To the devolutionists, the Margraves on the Left-Hand Path, it is Nemesis, or Vishnu the Destroyer. ..."

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