article of religion

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In their case they do not even have the sustaining thought of its being an article of religion, so they are to be complimented the more.

From The Diary of a Goose Girl by Shepperson, Claude A.

The article of religion I shall divide into Christian, Jewish, Mahometan, and Pagan; and shall now and then hint at the particular sect of them that prevails in the places which I shall describe.

From An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens In Which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings, Are Considered by Carey, William

I was not of an age to judge of higher things, and I never missed the article of religion, of which, I believe, he had none.

From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

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