smiter
- a word derived from smite.
Example Sentences
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"And He said, 'When thou art smitten on one cheek, turn the other to the smiter.'"
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
We may be told to do so," he said, "and we are told to turn the other cheek to the smiter.
From The Land of Strong Men by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)
No, it is my scimitar; which I, by construction often studying to be compendious, call my smiter.
From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold
I was reared in a rectory, where we were taught to love our enemies, and turn to the smiter the other cheek.
From The Scarlet Feather by Grefé, Will
All nature calls aloud,—‘Shall man do less Than heal the smiter, and the railer bless?’
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward
