Bossuet

American  

[baw-swe] / bɔˈswɛ /

noun

1. Jacques Bénigne 1627–1704, French bishop, writer, and orator.

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Bossuet British  

/ bɔsɥɛ /

noun

1. Jacques Bénigne (ʒɑk beniɲ). 1627–1704, French bishop: noted for his funeral orations

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Example Sentences

He added, that he had heard the young Count and the old one too say a thousand times, that some of the gentlemen he mentioned had done as much to prevent the Protestants from returning to the mother church, as Monsieur Bossuet had done to bring them back to it.

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"With deep and profound respect for your Majesty, with much veneration and regard for Monsieur Bossuet, and with all the advantage of being even now reading some of his works upon religion, I should be deceiving your Majesty, I should be wronging myself, I should be showing myself unworthy of the high opinion which Monsieur de Meaux has expressed of me, if I did not clearly and distinctly state that I see no likelihood whatsoever of my changing opinions instilled into me in infancy."

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You know Monsieur Bossuet, of course.

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"I only know Monsieur Bossuet by reputation," replied the Count, bowing to the Bishop who had paused also, and at the same time turning to follow the royal train.

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But neither Bossuet nor the Count took any notice, but walked on, entering easily into conversation with each other; the eloquent prelate, who was not less keen and dexterous than he was zealous and learned, accommodating himself easily to the tone of the young Count.

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