palmary

"palmary" -- the prevalence of episcopacy as a recognized institution -- we may say boldly that all the facts point the other way.

The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various

But let us examine this principle a little more attentively—for it is the palmary one.

I. Inaugural 1916

The palmary text of Origen should be referred to "De principiis",

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

Macarius the Eucharist was a palmary argument against Nestorianism.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Caesarea, cannot have had at that early period the palmary importance which the author of Acts attaches to it.

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908

Heracleitus and his followers may prate of a world of flux; but there are men to whom the recollections of their fellows ever turn confidently, secure of finding them in the same place; and of such, sir, you are the palmary example among my acquaintance.

Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Progress of Philosophy or of Wisdom is a palmary instance of progress achieved out of the internal resources of that which progresses.

Progress and History Francis Sydney Marvin 1903

Swedenborg's case is of course the palmary one of audita et visa, serving as a basis of religious revelation.

The Varieties of Religious Experience 1902

Swedenborg's case is of course the palmary one of audita et visa, serving as a basis of religious revelation.

Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature William James 1876

'The palmary miracle of all, the Resurrection, stands entirely by itself.

Historical and Political Essays William Edward Hartpole Lecky 1870