necessary acts

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Organizing, marching, boycotting, protesting, singing, demonstrating — all of these, among many others, are true acts of resistance and for Black people, they were and are necessary acts to attain justice and human rights.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Having finished the necessary acts one should perform his ablutions in river-water and gratify the deities with oblations of water.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Thus, therefore, they have taught that by the observance of human traditions we cannot merit grace or be justified, and hence we must not think such observances necessary acts of worship.

From The Augsburg Confession The confession of faith, which was submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V at the diet of Augsburg in the year 1530 by Melanchthon, Philipp

It traces the necessary acts by which the cognitive consciousness comes to be what it is, both in form and in content.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

Thirdly, traditions brought great danger to consciences; for it was impossible to keep all traditions, and yet men judged these observances to be necessary acts of worship.

From The Augsburg Confession The confession of faith, which was submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V at the diet of Augsburg in the year 1530 by Melanchthon, Philipp