admonisher

Example Sentences

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The truth of this remark was quite manifest; and concluding that I was not exactly suited to the character of admonisher, I never renewed the attempt.

From A Grandmother's Recollections by Church, Ella Rodman

Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.

From Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh

Horace was a mild admonisher, a court satirist, fit for the gentle times of Augustus, and more fit for the reasons which I have already given.

From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John

"Do you think he—will let me?" she asked of her admonisher.

From The Road to Providence by Daviess, Maria Thompson

But if a man censures men's lives without reproving anyone at all by name, pray do you think this man a satirist, and not rather a teacher and admonisher?

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan