Etymology
Origin of rootage
Example Sentences
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But if religion is to have its full value as a 'last resort' in times of peril or affliction, it must have deep rootage, broad leafage and ample fruitage in the normal circumstances of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
We shall find our rootage in the soil.
From The Holy Earth by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
Nothing is more astounding, on their own showing, than the ignorance of the Fathers about the nature, the significance, the descent of Gnosticism, and its rootage in the remotest past.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook
When the conditions which produced the popular ballads become clear to the imagination, their depth of rootage, not only in the community life but in the community love, becomes also clear.
From The Book of Old English Ballads by Hamilton Wright Mabie
The opposite wall was covered with verdure—hardy trees and shrubs found their rootage in the crevices between the rocks.
From Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys by Alice B. Emerson
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