privative
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But Dr Bhar, a cosmetic surgeon who runs a privative clinic in Harley Street London, disagrees with the ban.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2022
Not corruptive, privative, or destructive to the power of classical presbyteries, or single congregations; but rather perfective and conservative thereunto.
From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by
The names called privative, therefore, connote two things; the absence of certain attributes, and the presence of others, from which the presence also of the former might naturally have been expected.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by John Stuart Mill
The medicinal springs procured this place its ancient name of Aponon, derived from α, privative, and πονος, pain.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
Otherwise "unbegotten" may be taken in a kind of privative sense, but not as implying any imperfection.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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