false relation
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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How vividly Christ taught that all our fear and we arise out of this false relation of our spirit to the living God!
From The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little by Kleiser, Grenville
Both the deity and mortal have now reached the stage of mutual recognition, and thrown off their mutual disguise, which was a false relation, though it often exists.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques
It has put us in a false relation which was exasperating me and puzzling you.
From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir
The persistent use of the idiom of "false relation" throughout the whole piece gives it a curious interest; and the contrapuntal and harmonic devices are also quite elaborate.
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
Under a triforium, in blind, is a sculptured drapery; again a feature more pagan than Christian, but which is here more pleasing than when usually found in such a false relation.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
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