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Definition of Indecencies
1. indecency [n] - See also: indecency
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indecencies
Literary usage of Indecencies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Robertson: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life by William Robertson, Alexander Stewart (1820)
"BPT these indecencies of which Luther was guilty must not be imputed wholly to
the violence of his temper. They ought to be charged in part on the manners ..."
2. A Digest of the Criminal Law (crimes and Punishments) by James Fitzjames Stephen (1887)
"PUBLIC indecencies. 2 Every one commits a misdemeanor who does any grossly indecent
act in any open and public place in the presence of more persons than 3 ..."
3. Every-day Topics: A Book of Briefs by Josiah Gilbert Holland (1876)
"THE indecencies OF CRITICISM. The uses of competent and candid criticism are
various. The first is to assist the public in arriving at a just judgment of ..."
4. A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A by Charles Buck (1829)
"... we ought to have a due regard to the occasion, and the persons present ; the
neglect of which hath been attended with indecencies and indiscretions. ..."
5. A Practical Guide to the Quarter Sessions, and Other Sessions of the Peace by William Dickinson, Thomas Noon Talfourd (1829)
"indecencies. To this head may be referred all offences against religion and public
worship ; all opprobrious libels on the King, or inferior public ..."
6. Historical and Biographical Essays by John Forster (1858)
"Of the gross indecencies of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, he has none. He never,
in any one instance, whether to fawn upon power or to trample upon weakness ..."
7. The history of the reign of the emperor Charles v by William Robertson (1802)
"... indecencies of which Luther was guilty, mufl not be imputed wholly to the
violence of his temper. They ought to be charged in part on the manners of the ..."
8. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1809)
"On Friday last, TW Esq. paid the the only debt lie ever did pay. -o . f;. i.
,R • . ' • art! • il; •• •.•"•i»w: n . ij indecencies AT BRIGHTON,. ..."
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