granter
- a word derived from grant.
Example Sentences
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The biggest break from formula arrives through Long, the wish granter.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2021
Of course, that’s exactly the role that “natural law” played for America’s founding fathers, who invoked nature rather than God as the granter of rights and the arbiter of right and wrong.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2015
This example was followed by the Laird of Abercairny, who held a tack of the lands of Tullichettle, which Sir William Stirling of Keir, the granter, was called on to warrant.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
Whereupon Sir Roger, mightily afraid of his spiritual guide and granter of indulgences, rebuked the offending little one, and ordered her out of the room.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
I. Considering the granter in his personal capacity, as to his morals, they look upon him as a person with whom they cannot in prudence communicate, in any transaction of that nature.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander
