Etymology
Origin of rootage
Example Sentences
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But if religion is to have its full value as a 'last resort' in times of peril or affliction, it must have deep rootage, broad leafage and ample fruitage in the normal circumstances of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was to give the peas deep rootage, which is a point necessary for the quick and stable growth of this vegetable.
From Hiram the Young Farmer by Todd, Burbank L.
Springing from the twin rootage of Magna Charta and the Declaration of Independence, his judicial statesmanship finds no parallel in the salient features of its achievement outside our own annals.
From John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court by Corwin, Edward Samuel
Nothing is more astounding, on their own showing, than the ignorance of the Fathers about the nature, the significance, the descent of Gnosticism, and its rootage in the remotest past.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.
We shall find our rootage in the soil.
From The Holy Earth by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
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