meetness

Example Sentences

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Surely we should desire a meetness for our inheritance as well as a title to it.

From The Theology of Holiness by Clark, Dougan

“And what meetness is in setting the like of me in a chair that would well hold Charlemagne and his twelve Peers?” demanded the little girl, laughing.

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah

Be it ours, like Lazarus, to attain a meetness for heaven, by becoming more and more like Lazarus’ Redeemer!

From Memories of Bethany by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

“There is meetness in all things,” said the old lady, picking up her distaff.

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah

"I have thought so sometimes lately, but I wished so much to be one that, in seeking to fulfil the wish, I may have overlooked the meetness."

From Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma by Alma, Maude