destour

If the destour be satisfied, your soul will escape hell tortures; you will secure praise in this world and happiness in the next.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765

If the destour be satisfied, your soul will escape hell tortures; you will secure praise in this world and happiness in the next.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765

If the destour be satisfied, your soul will escape hell tortures; you will secure praise in this world and happiness in the next.

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"Though your good works," says the interested prophet, "exceed in number the leaves of the trees, the drops of rain, the stars in the heaven, or the sands on the sea-shore, they will all be unprofitable to you, unless they are accepted by the destour, or priest.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765