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 Webster, Noah

Is such internal attention, such deliberate application or mental advertence necessary for the valid recitation of the office?

From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.

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 Callan, Charles Jerome

The guilt incurred by those who thus curse and damn, leaving aside the scandal which is thereby nearly always given, is naturally measured by the degree of advertence possessed by such persons.

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)

Here as in all exercise, companionship which removes conscious attention from advertence to the will greatly aids.

From Health Through Will Power by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)