exigences
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Miss Lillah McCarthy sacrificed something of her personality to the exigences of a flaxen chevelure.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
How easy too to avoid this defect, by adapting the subjects of the dances to the different exigences of the different dramas, whether serious, comic, or farcical!
From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
Then, to meet the exigences of his case, in opposition to Christianity in the Roman Empire, he made the ecclesiastical hierarchies in union with the civil government the medium of his rule.
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord
N.B.—The exigences of the Drama are responsible for his making his appearance here, instead of waiting, as is more usual, at the church.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
Every people, every large community is able to furniſh a revenue adequate to the exigences of government.
From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
