disannul
Example Sentences
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The village owns no school to disannul the tie of blood, to warp and weaken the affection that holds them well together.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various
Again, "these magistrates ever reserve to themselves, a power to alter, evade and disannul any law or command, not agreeing with their humor, or the absolute authority of their government, acknowledging no superior."
From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 2 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo
And "the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after," did not disannul that covenant "that was confirmed before of God in Christ."
From Bertha and Her Baptism by Adams, Nehemiah
This promise made unto Abraham by God, to be fulfilled by Christ, "the law, which was four hundred and thirty years afterwards, could not disannul."
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
“The Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?”
From History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians by Summers, Thomas O. (Thomas Osmond)
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