disseverance

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The disseverance of the operative from the speculative element of Freemasonry occurred at the beginning of the eighteenth century.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

That I was born, alas! that me is woe, That day of us must make disseverance!

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

But she did not the less feel how terrible would be the effect of any disseverance from Lady Lufton.

From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony

To examine thoroughly the cause of this disseverance from actuality which haunted the pastoral throughout its many transformations would lead us beyond all possible bounds of this inquiry.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.

Accompanying the dead in its watery wanderings, he sees, with keen sympathy, its utter disseverance from the world it has left, and contrasts with its condition the hopeless sorrow of his own disappointed youth.

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.