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Definition of Immolations
1. immolation [n] - See also: immolation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Immolations
Literary usage of Immolations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Character: Or, The History of Men of Genius, Drawn from Their by Isaac Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli (1881)
"Enthusiasts in literature and art—of their self-immolations. WE left the man of
genius in the stillness of meditation. We have now to pursue his history ..."
2. Miscellanies of Literature. by Isaac Disraeli (1841)
"Enthusiasts in literature and art—of their self immolations. WE left the man of
genius in the stillness of meditation. We have now to pursue his history ..."
3. The history of the French revolution, tr. with notes by F. Shoberl by Thomas Carlyle, Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers (1838)
"men defending their lives and even those of others ; for it was impossible to
foresee any end to immolations if any fresh one were allowed. ..."
4. A System of Ancient and Mediaeval Geography for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1871)
"It is added by another writer that these immolations were sometimes voluntary,
and that friends and relations cast themselves upon the funeral pile ..."
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