advertence
Example Sentences
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To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Is such internal attention, such deliberate application or mental advertence necessary for the valid recitation of the office?
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
Intention and Attention.—Attention is the voluntary application of the mind to that which is done, or the consideration or advertence of the mind given to an act.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan
Superficial attention is that advertence of soul which applies itself to the correct recitation of the words, avoiding errors of pronunciation, mutilation, transposition, etc., etc.
From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley
Most theologians since the Council of Trent maintain that the inordinate movements of passion which precede the advertence of reason, such as lust, envy, sloth, etc., are not sins.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan
