profundity
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Their wish was granted as the ship did dock and The Prophet and his Sad Profundity was taken away from them.
From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2010
Profundity must smile, glide gently in, and, smiling, yield itself to the initiate alone � that is the esoteric of our art.
From Time Magazine Archive
Profundity and purity, these are what he possesses in a high degree, but not greatness, properly speaking.
From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
The Gnostics claimed that the whole edifice of their science rested on a square whose angles were … Σιγή, Silence: Βυθος, Profundity: Νοος, Intelligence: and Αληθεια, Truth.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
Profundity is often supposed to be obscurity, but the deepest depth is clear.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing profundity
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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30 GRE Words Beginning with "P"
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