comte
noun
Example Sentences
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To the solid English Comtist all this appears, he confesses, to be a little absurd.
From Heretics by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
The mother of Tennyson had not been an Agnostic or a Comtist; his father had not been a staunch true-blue anti- Englander.
From Alfred Tennyson by Andrew Lang
Altruism, a Comtist doctrine which inculcates sacrifice of self for the good of others as the rule of human action.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
His later hero was the emperor Nicholas, “the only statesman in Christendom,”—as unlucky a judgment as that which placed Dr Francia in the Comtist Calendar.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
I had been working at some Comtist literature, and had found a reference to Mr. Truelove's shop as one at which Comtist publications might be bought.
From Autobiographical Sketches by Annie Wood Besant
