disseverance

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The disseverance of the operative from the speculative element of Freemasonry occurred at the beginning of the eighteenth century.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

They did hate each other, and this hatred had, at one time, almost produced an absolute disseverance of even the courtesies which are so necessary between a bishop and his clergy.

From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony

The want of harmony in taste, feeling and character, is no reason for disseverance.

From The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

That I was born, alas! that me is woe, That day of us must make disseverance!

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

I object, sir, to this disseverance between the sexes, and I object to the Senate of the United States giving its sanction in advance or in any way to this character of legislation.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady