ab extra
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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"It seems to me," he said, "that there is a guiding and directing principle ab extra which interacts with the material of the physical universe but is not of it."
From Time Magazine Archive
In the early stages of all the colonies it is obviously inevitable that appointments ab extra to public office must occasionally, and even frequently, be made.
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
This colony settled in what was subsequently called Phoenicia; and here again our traditions are confirmed ab extra, for Herodotus says: "The Phoenicians anciently dwelt, as they allege, on the borders of the Red Sea."
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
Viewed ab extra, there is no doubt the boldest policy is the best.
From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Stephen Lucius Gwynn
He clothes reason with authority to determine what is inspiration, by saying that there can be no revelation "ab extra."
From History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology by J. F. (John Fletcher) Hurst
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