upholder
- a word derived from uphold.
Example Sentences
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“Questioners don’t like to be questioned,” Ms. Rubin, a proud Upholder, said.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2017
The Upholder is really an upholster, or upholsterer, who now supplies furniture, beds, and such-like goods.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
Its sanctity became henceforth a potent reminder for the Muslim of his special duties towards Allah, of the reverence meet to be accorded to the Divine Upholder of Islam.
From Mahomet Founder of Islam by Draycott, Gladys M.
Every obstacle in his path is that which faith regards as a trial prepared for his soul; but hope and joy carry him over, to the glory of his sovereign Upholder.
From The Church of England Magazine - Volume 10, No. 263, January 9, 1841 by Various
But the Apostle has a further motive in referring to the Son as Upholder of all things.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews by Edwards, Thomas Charles
