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Definition of Obtainers
1. obtainer [n] - See also: obtainer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtainers
Literary usage of Obtainers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Be Thou Faithful Unto Death: Confirmation Sermons and Addresses by Lutheran by Rudolph Koegel, Robert Neumann (1917)
"We have become Christ's own, "obtainers of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,"
because He has ... How sublime to be Christ's own, obtainers of His glory! ..."
2. The American Historical Magazine by Publishing Society of New York, Americana Society (1908)
"And though some consideration be had of the natural qualities of figures, by the
first obtainers of arms to represent the like virtues and good qualities in ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"We have here a little community of food providers and food obtainers, whose
population varies with the season, the wind (probably), the beach conditions, ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1894)
"... as the names of the successful obtainers of rooms were not read out with the
scholars' and ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1775)
"... that thi~ character belonged to the procurers of Magna Charta, the obtainers
of the Petition of Rig'tit, the framers of the glorious Revolution, ..."
6. Principles of Political Economy by Charles Gide (1902)
"But the obtainers of the new concession would now have to pay the equivalent of
the surplus value, by which they would benefit, either in the shape of a ..."
7. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"... with the most perfect truth, though obtained by extortion, be stated as obtained
on false pretences—on pretences known by the obtainers to be false. ..."
8. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... if the true value of the benefices was not set forth in them; which might put
the obtainers of them to great charge and many suits. ..."
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