outlawry
noun
the act or process of outlawing.
outlawries
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pluralof outlawry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Against all tradition, two M.P.s had insisted on debating the first reading of a traditional dummy bill against "clandestine outlawries," which is not debatable and never gets to a second reading.
From Time Magazine Archive
These are the patriotic arguments for absenteeism; then come others, which may be classed under the head of "expediency reasons," such as debts, duns, outlawries, &c.
From Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever
These are the patriotic arguments for absenteeism; then come others, which may be classed under the head of “expediency reasons,” such as debts, duns, outlawries, &c.
From Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever
Forfeitures and outlawries were to be pardoned, and the rights of private persons to be respected.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
Suppression of the social hell, that is to say, of all irreparable stains, of all social outlawries for which there is neither end nor hope—it is an essentially religious idea.
From Amiel's Journal by Mrs. Humphry Ward
