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Definition of Divorcements
1. divorcement [n] - See also: divorcement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divorcements
Literary usage of Divorcements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sermons by Hugh Latimer (1906)
"Yea, let all estates be no less circumspect in choosing her, taking great
deliberation, and then they shall not need divorcements, and such mischiefs, ..."
2. The Gospels of st. Matthew and st. Mark, paraphrased and put into question by John Rogerson Cotter (1840)
"What change does our Saviour make in the law respecting divorcements 1 A. He says,
... Why did our Saviour make this change about divorcements ? ..."
3. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1829)
"... and the ecclesiastical laws; and which said several divorcements have been
severally ratified and confirmed by authority of parliament, and especially ..."
4. The Manners & Customs of the Modern Egyptians by Edward William Lane (1908)
"... to the facility with which divorcements are accomplished whenever a man may
wish to marry a new wife, and to the custom of concubinage. It is even said, ..."
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