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Definition of Revilements
1. revilement [n] - See also: revilement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revilements
Literary usage of Revilements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Lionel Strachey (1903)
"... the sweeper began to swear at her, and to shower the coarsest revilements upon
her, believing he was speaking to a stove-lighter. ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"In 1526 he even dared to enter into wedlock with the daughter of the burgomaster,
dreading neither the bishop's jurisdiction nor the revilements of the old ..."
3. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"... his wife and two daughters, with one lames Gray, for not taking the oath :
his virulent revilements against the cause, and the main- tainers thereof, ..."
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