article of religion
Example Sentences
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The commonplace sound people submit, and compel the rest to submit, because they have been taught to do so as an article of religion and a point of honor.
From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard
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
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
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.
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
