granter

Example Sentences

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The biggest break from formula arrives through Long, the wish granter.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2021

Of course, that’s exactly the role that “natural law” played for America’s founding fathers, who invoked nature rather than God as the granter of rights and the arbiter of right and wrong.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2015

Demeter, granter of fruits, many sheaves vouchsafe to the cornfield, Aye to be skilfully tilled, and reaped, and the harvest abundant.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

Fie on us, lowest of mortals, since we do not follow thee that wert the granter of all wishes, the protector of all men, and the benefactor of all thy subjects!

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

This example was followed by the Laird of Abercairny, who held a tack of the lands of Tullichettle, which Sir William Stirling of Keir, the granter, was called on to warrant.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.