article of religion
Example Sentences
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Emily knew but one article of religion, and that bade her preserve, if need be, at the cost of life, the purity of her soul.
From A Life's Morning by Gissing, George
The commonplace sound people submit, and compel the rest to submit, because they have been taught to do so as an article of religion and a point of honor.
From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard
No man made himself more agreeable in his own house and at his own table than Lord Strathern usually did, for hospitality was with him an article of religion.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
The commissioners were also empowered to press the king on the article of religion, and to recommend to him the Scottish model of ecclesiastic worship and discipline.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David
In their case they do not even have the sustaining thought of its being an article of religion, so they are to be complimented the more.
From The Diary of a Goose Girl by Shepperson, Claude A.
