Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A delivery or deliverance.
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Examples
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He was still swearing at the technician who looked over the Rudd shoulder and saw Samson Frazer's arrival as de liverance.
Penalty Francis, Dick 1997
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In religion too Hakewill tells a story of progressive de - liverance from superstition and idolatry, and from inadequate conceptions of God: there has been progress also in understanding the Christian faith.
COSMIC FALL R. W. HEPBURN 1968
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Just as, in orthodox belief, man's redemption came through having first sinned, so in Christian apocalyptic, de - liverance would be after the dragon had conquered.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas GORDON LEFF 1968
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He did not come down, and I was sensible of de-liverance within my disappointment.
The Moon Pool 1919
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May de Lawd brung 'im gray hars at las lak mine, so he see, en his chil'n see, en our chil'n see de' liverance he hep wrought out.
Miss Lou Edward Payson Roe 1863
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K E Y 3 1 9 K E Y 3 7 9 6 5 -7 7 55 A n d w h e n t h e people of Shekinah i n t h e moment of de - of the return of the Masters a n d "The thought-forms of the Holy God are assembled their collective liverance. their spiritual vehicles of Light."
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When this de - liverance was wrought, a portion of the people kept back the sword from blood, andthe'Cod of armies sent his angel to curse them for their cowardice.
War, the work of the Lord, and the coward cursed. A sermon delivered in the First Presbyterian meeting house in Cincinnatti, Ohio, to the Cincinnatti light companies. May 14, 1812 Wilson, Joshua Lacy, 1774-1846 1812
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The lofs of my effedts did not lie fo near me (though ihey were very confiderable) as the thoughts of falling into the hands of fuch barbarians, at the lattd - end of my journey, after fo many difficulties and hazards as I had gone through; and even in fight of our port, where we expefted fafety and de - liverance.
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Of York ... 1790
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The lofs of my efFeds did not lie fo near me (though they were very confiderable) as the thoughts of falling into the hands of fuch barbarians, at the latter end of my journey, after fo many difEculties and hazards as I had gone through; and even in fight of our port, where we expefted fafety and de - liverance.
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: Of York, Mariner. Who Lived Eight ... 1790
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To them death, in any form, muft have appeared a happy de - liverance.
An Essay on Providence: Written by Mr. Lewis de Marolles; and Translated from the French, by ... 1790
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