contexture
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We are all framed of flaps and patches, and of so shapeless and diverse a contexture, that every piece and every moment playeth his part.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2017
Unusuall words oft used give lesse offence; Nor will the old contexture dim or marre, For often us’d they’re next to old, thred-bare.
From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More
Do not dream that your letters of office, and your instructions, and your suspending clauses are the things that hold together the great contexture of this mysterious whole.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
In his opinion, anything which unnecessarily tore to pieces the contexture of the state not only prevented all real reformation, but introduced evils which would call, but perhaps call in vain, for new reformation.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
Now, here the beloved apostle shows us this divine contexture of the gospel.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
