divorcement
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- predivorcement noun
Etymology
Origin of divorcement
Example Sentences
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In an access of love for both Avigdor and Hadass, Yentl reveals to Avigdor that she is not a man and files a bill of divorcement so that her two dearest friends may marry.
From Time Magazine Archive
To many a lawyer, it looked as if the Supreme Court wanted complete divorcement.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such bills of divorcement bogged down in Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska and Illinois.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was sure that the lower court would order divorcement.
From Time Magazine Archive
The extremes of these large classes present the divorcement of labour and life in startling prominence.
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
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