truce of God

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We will swear a truce of God, neither shall run atilt at the other's convictions until he is invited to do so.

From Grey Town An Australian Story by Baldwin, Gerald

The truce of God set apart the days between Thursday and Monday of each week as a time of peace, when private quarrels should be suspended.

From A History of English Prose Fiction by Tuckerman, Bayard

In default of peace, it was necessary to be content with the truce of God.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by Guizot, M. (François)

In 1042 he insisted that the "truce of God" should be proclaimed and observed in Normandy.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

In that month, the period of the second generation of the Halictus, there is a sort of truce of God: the parasite rests and the Bee works in peace.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander