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Definition of Divorcement
1. Noun. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
Generic synonyms: Separation
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Divorce, Divorce
Definition of Divorcement
1. n. Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation.
Definition of Divorcement
1. Noun. (context: figuratively psychology) Complete detachment or disunion. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) divorce ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divorcement
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divorcement
Literary usage of Divorcement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Reformers: William Tyndale and John Frith by William Tyndale, John Frith, Thomas Russell (1831)
"And I believe verily, that the prophecy of this caitiff Caiphas the cardinal,
through the mischief that he hath wrought for the divorcement of the marriage, ..."
2. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"... he is prepossessed, and the Ladies have nothing to say to him. Your Humble
Servant, &c. On Defects in the English Law of divorcement. AJ, Aug. ..."
3. A Commentary, Critical, Expository and Practical, on the Gospels of Matthew by John Jason Owen (1857)
"... -^Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her
away ? 8 He saith unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your «ICo. ..."
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