exigences

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This exclusive maintenance, and yet extension of the Creed, according to the exigences of the times, is instanced in other Fathers.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

O thou, that hereafter shalt be the great derision of thine enemies! which of the two shall depend upon himself in exigences with most certainty?

From The Works of Horace by Horace

The Western emperors established their courts in various parts of Europe, their locations being usually determined by the exigences of rivalry and the territorial success of their usurpation.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred

This may be fully allowed, yet it does not meet the exigences of the case.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry

The most striking lines, the most eloquent tirades, arise less from the exigences of the drama than from the constant desire of the poet to give expression to his love of Provence.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred