article of religion
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No man made himself more agreeable in his own house and at his own table than Lord Strathern usually did, for hospitality was with him an article of religion.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
Exclusively however of these books of necromancy there are others containing legendary and mythological tales, of which latter a sample will be given under the article of religion.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
And then not to neglect Pansy, not under any provocation to neglect her—this she had made an article of religion.
From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry
Emily knew but one article of religion, and that bade her preserve, if need be, at the cost of life, the purity of her soul.
From A Life's Morning by Gissing, George
His judgment, indeed, of Pitt always seemed to me much warped by that adoration of Fox which in the early years of the century was almost an article of religion in Whig circles.
From Lord John Russell by Reid, Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson)
