Definition of Pointings

1. Noun. (plural of pointing) ¹

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Definition of Pointings

1. pointing [n] - See also: pointing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pointings

pointillism
pointillisms
pointillist
pointillistic
pointillistically
pointillists
pointillé
pointillés
pointiness
pointing
pointing-trowel
pointing-trowels
pointing out
pointing the bone
pointing trowel
pointings (current term)
pointless
pointlessly
pointlessness
pointlessnesses
pointlet
pointleted
pointlets
pointlike
pointling
pointlings
pointman
pointmen
pointrel
pointrels

Literary usage of Pointings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat, Charles Otto Blagden (1906)
"By means of " sendings," or rather " pointings " (" tuju "), they are believed to be able to slay their enemies at a distance, and many a Sakai has paid the ..."

2. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, and Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans (1848)
"... I do not so much look at that as at the gentle pointings and openings in my own mind. Affectionately I subscribe, your friend, MARY CAPPER. Ninth month. ..."

3. Memoir of Hannah Gibbons: Late of West Chester, Pennsylvania by Hannah Pusey Gibbons (1873)
"... an evidence mercifully vouchsafed that-an eye has been kept to the pointings of Truth. It is a time wherein there are many causes for exercise, ..."

4. A Journal of the Life, Travels, and Religious Labours, of William Savery by William Savery, Jonathan Evans (1873)
"... pointings of Truth to gather the people to the true standard; probably the time is not now, and may we possess our souls in patience. " 17th. ..."

5. Journal of the Life, Travels and Gospel Labors of Thomas Arnett by Thomas Arnett (1884)
"This meeting was large, and Friends appeared to be concerned in all their movements to keep under the pointings of truth. I found some good service in this ..."

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