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Definition of Gainsayers
1. gainsayer [n] - See also: gainsayer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gainsayers
Literary usage of Gainsayers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications (1853)
"... to Matt. xvii. those who in uprightness of heart confide in him; we also see
how he deals with enemies and gainsayers, and visits them. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"... faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he [the bishop] may be able
to exhort in sound doctrine and to vince the gainsayers" (Titus i, 9). ..."
3. An Essay on Professional Ethics by George Sharswood (1884)
"That lawyers are as often the ministers of injustice as of justice, is the common
accusation in the mouth of gainsayers against the profession. ..."
4. Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the by American Bar Association (1884)
"That lawyers are as often the ministers of injustice as of justice, is the common
accusation in the mouth of gainsayers against the profession. ..."
5. The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood, Or, An Account of His Birth by Thomas Ellwood, Joseph Wyeth (1836)
"... and I stayed some time in the city, visiting Friends and answering gainsayers;
for we had great disputes with professors of all sorts. ..."
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