procuration

Example Sentences

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Your postillion was Mr. Charles Wogan, who comes from Rome post-haste with the Pope's procuration for the marriage.

From Clementina by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

At present his little luxuries were knocked off, and in the future he foresaw a difficulty in the procuration of even necessaries.

From '?19,000' by Delannoy, Burford

Wogan held out the Pope's procuration to the Chevalier, who took it and devoutly kissed the signature.

From Clementina by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

The third may probably be called the Providence and procuration of the Daemons, which, being placed on the earth, are the guardians and overseers of human actions.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

In face of these superlative risks the difficulty of procuring men was accentuated a thousand-fold, and with it both the nature and the degree of the coercive force necessary to be exercised for their procuration.

From The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore by Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)