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- adjective
superlative form oflofty : mostlofty .
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Examples
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But under the paragraph from which we take our text, the blessed Master rises to what we call the loftiest pinnacle of eloquence and plunges into the very essence of his Gospel by saying, "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
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_Randal_, (in his turn interested and interrogative.) -- "What do you call the loftiest, and what the vulgarest?"
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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-- "What do you call the loftiest, and what the vulgarest?"
My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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-- "What do you call the loftiest, and what the vulgarest?"
My Novel — Volume 08 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The loftiest is the church of St. Peter and St. Paul.
Choice Readings for the Home Circle Anonymous
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It will be seen that my language covers all from the loftiest, that is Jefferson Davis, to the most obscure constable or Justice of the Peace.
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Let us forget the other names of American statesmen that have been stamped upon these hills, but still call the loftiest Washington.
The Great Stone Face Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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Let us forget the other names of American statesmen that have been stamped upon these hills, but still call the loftiest WASHINGTON.
Sketches from Memory (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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LONDON—The head of Scotland Yard stepped down on Sunday and Rebekah Brooks —a close confidante of News Corp.'s top executive, Rupert Murdoch —was arrested as a convulsive phone-hacking scandal raced into the loftiest ranks of Britain's business and law-enforcement worlds.
Scandal Grows at News Corp. Cassell Bryan-Low 2011
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Winners may see the podium as the loftiest platform they're ever likely to get for their pet issue.
Oscars 2011 preview: What will viewers be talking about? 2011
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