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  • noun Plural form of constitution.

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Examples

  • When she was twelve years old, Anna came out, and went to a succession of parties, which she called constitutions, where girls only were invited.

    History of American Women Maggiemac 2009

  • The idea that governments can be limited by written constitutions is a fantasy.

    Israeli TV airs call to father after children killed « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

  • Enshrining discrimination in state constitutions is not what makes a country great.

    Discourse.net: Snapshot 2008

  • The careful attention given to the security and seclusion of nuns in the constitutions is reiterated by Herman.

    Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

  • For instance, the outer margin at the end of the constitutions is marked, "This is the end, stop here" in Latin and German. 123 The nuns kept the manuscript up to the Order's requirements by adding saints to the litany.

    Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008

  • They are purists who worry too much about abstract theories concerning fundamental principles which should be incorporated in constitutions, without fully understanding and appreciating the nature of practical politics.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • And most countries, at least in constitutions written since World War II, have wisely chosen to have limited terms for their highest courts.

    Balkinization 2006

  • One of the beauties of the federal Constitution, in contrast to many state constitutions, is that it deals in broad and enduring principles — principles that have allowed it to last.

    Founders Chic 2003

  • One of the beauties of the federal Constitution, in contrast to many state constitutions, is that it deals in broad and enduring principles — principles that have allowed it to last.

    Founders Chic 2003

  • Speaking of the probable enforcement of the National Constitution against the "Grandfather clause" in Southern constitutions, Walter E. Clark, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, said:

    Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment Various

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