manward
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of manward
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at man, -ward
Example Sentences
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The aim must always include both the Godward and the manward obligations; the first and the second great commandments are of equal rank; what needs to be insisted on is the impossibility of divorcing them.
From The Church and Modern Life by Washington Gladden
Can we form any mental picture of the actual animal forms that the manward impulse has traveled through?
From Time and Change by John Burroughs
O Earth, our mother; and thou All-seër, arrowy crown Of Sunlight, manward now Look down, Oh, look down!
From Medea of Euripedes by Euripedes
But more yet: man has this same quality manward.
From Quiet Talks about Jesus by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
If they were prophets on the manward side, they were evidently pupils on the Godward side.
From The Ministry of the Spirit by A. J. (Adoniram Judson) Gordon
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