meritoriousness
- a word derived from meritorious.
Example Sentences
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In 1643 a disputation was held, in which Hornejus, a colleague of Calixt, supported his doctrine especially on the meritoriousness of good works.
From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by MacCaffrey, James
Being a pilgrim there is equivalent to being a tourist here, only that to the excitement of doing the country is added a sustaining sense of the meritoriousness of the deed.
From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival
It is well known that, during the middle ages, theological views on the meritoriousness of all self-denial made voluntary celibacy very common.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm
Abstention from labour is the convenient evidence of wealth and is therefore the conventional mark of social standing; and this insistence on the meritoriousness of wealth leads to a more strenuous insistence on leisure.
From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein
The central conceptions of the monastic system are the meritoriousness of complete abstinence from all sexual intercourse, and of complete renunciation of the world.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
