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dissentient

[dih-sen-shuhnt] / dɪˈsɛn ʃənt /














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Dissentient and tumultuary drugs Do not much blame them for making their advantage of our folly Doctors: more felicity and duration in their own lives?

From Widger's Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of Montaigne by Widger, David

Squares Committee of "Lords"; impresses into support of his scheme representatives of all the big towns on the route; Manchester, Nottingham, Leicester, all cheer him on; Liberals, Conservatives, Dissentient Liberals, swell his majority.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 by Various

To Coroner Merival, greetings, but a voice Dissentient from much that goes the rounds, Concerning Elenor Murray.

From Domesday Book by Masters, Edgar Lee

Dissentient opinions, accordingly, were expressed as to the cause of their structural peculiarities.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

Dissentient priests, on taking an oath of obedience, might conduct their modes of worship and receive their pensions from government.

From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)




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