article of religion

Example Sentences

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And then not to neglect Pansy, not under any provocation to neglect her—this she had made an article of religion.

From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry

The article of religion I shall divide into Christian, Jewish, Mahometan, and Pagan; and shall now and then hint at the particular sect of them that prevails in the places which I shall describe.

From An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens In Which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings, Are Considered by Carey, William

I was not of an age to judge of higher things, and I never missed the article of religion, of which, I believe, he had none.

From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

The commonplace sound people submit, and compel the rest to submit, because they have been taught to do so as an article of religion and a point of honor.

From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard

His judgment, indeed, of Pitt always seemed to me much warped by that adoration of Fox which in the early years of the century was almost an article of religion in Whig circles.

From Lord John Russell by Reid, Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson)