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Definition of Recants
1. recant [v] - See also: recant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recants
Literary usage of Recants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of Oxford by Cecil Headlam (1907)
"CHAPTER VII The Oxford Martyrs The Catholic Reaction—Cranmer, Ridley and Latimer
in Bocardo—Latimer and Ridley at the stake—Cranmer recants—And recants his ..."
2. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1847)
"... recants, and returns to Boston. — Mr. Wheelwright apologizes, and is released
from his Banishment. ..."
3. The Confederation of Europe: A Study of the European Alliance, 1813-1823, as by Walter Alison Phillips (1920)
"... THE CONFERENCES OF TROPPAU AND LAIBACH Alexander recants his Liberalism—Conversation
with Metternich at Troppau—Mutiny ol the ..."
4. An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, Chiefly of England: From the by Jeremy Collier (1840)
"Not long after, the pope, taking a progress <ind recants, towards Naples to make
a visit to his native country, the burghers of Rome were discontented with ..."
5. Life of Petrarch by Thomas Campbell, Johann Georg Pfister (1841)
"... God face to face till after the Resurrection — John, finding his Doctrine
universally condemned, recants it—His Death—He is succeeded by Benedict XII. ..."
6. Life and Times of Petrarch: With Notices of Boccacio and His Illustrious by Thomas Campbell, Johann Georg Pfister (1843)
"... God face to face till after the Resurrection — John, finding his Doctrine
universally condemned, recants it—His Death—He is succeeded by Benedict XII. ..."
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