Definition of Retreatants

1. retreatant [n] - See also: retreatant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retreatants

retraumatizes
retraumatizing
retravel
retraveled
retraveling
retravelled
retravelling
retravels
retread
retreaded
retreading
retreads
retreat
retreat from reality
retreatant
retreatants (current term)
retreated
retreater
retreaters
retreatful
retreating
retreatlike
retreatment
retreatments
retreats
retree
retrees
retrench
retrenched
retrenches

Literary usage of Retreatants

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"At the complaints of his brethren who desired that the admission of the retreatants should be made more difficult he consented one day to keep the door. ..."

2. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1887)
"But while this is true, let us be sure that neither the teaching nor the personal guidance are unduly forced upon the retreatants. And with regard to the ..."

3. The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society by American-Irish Historical Society (1922)
"... at Emmitsburg, Md., at Altantic City, Oswego, Washington, Springfield, Hartford and Albany, winning everywhere the highest praise from the retreatants. ..."

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