renouncing

By the sacrifice they make in renouncing matrimony, they are witnesses to the Lord as our Bridegroom, to our hope of union with God for eternity, where marriage as it is known here will no longer exists.

Virginity Marguerite 2007

By the sacrifice they make in renouncing matrimony, they are witnesses to the Lord as our Bridegroom, to our hope of union with God for eternity, where marriage as it is known here will no longer exists.

Archive 2007-06-01 Marguerite 2007

BLITZER: Well, there's -- yesterday, when Miles was interviewing Saeb Erakat, he said why simply issue this press -- this piece of paper, this statement in Arabic renouncing terrorism among Israeli civilians and Palestinians.

CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2002 2002

They spend entire congresses in renouncing the sufferings of others; better to stay safely within the precincts of science.

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn - Nobel Lecture 1970

Note, in renouncing the pomps of this world we did ourselves a great kindness, for they are things that are soon spoiled and that cheat their admirers.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

Until Hamas meets the three standards laid out by the international community, namely renouncing violence, recognizing Israel's right to exist and abiding by previously signed agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Hamas will continue to be shunned by the international community.

The Flotilla Farce Danny Ayalon 2010

I was prepared for his endeavouring to obtain another sight of his friend, and using every possible means to disgust him with the idea of renouncing the world for ever.

The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3

This disability is shared by the clergymen of the Church of England, who, however, can escape from it by the legal process vulgarly, though incorrectly, called renouncing their orders, but not by

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

As to the idea of renouncing what he had been taught to call his allegiance to the Federal Government, and aiding to maintain the dishonored sovereignty of his native State, it did not enter his mind.

The Partisan Leader: A Novel... 1862

But in any case to which the consequence might point, there was nothing to impress her with the idea of renouncing her duration.

A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up Thomas Paine 1773