truce of God

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It was Easter Sunday, but no truce of God.

From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Gibbs, Philip

In default of peace, it was necessary to be content with the truce of God.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by Guizot, M. (François)

Now they were alone, and what a triumph would be the victor's! but the bell, the Tell of peace, the silver-tongued herald of the truce of God, had sheathed their weapons.

From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by Miles, George Henry

And so let there be peace between man and man at Christmas—a truce of God.

From A Little Book for Christmas by Brady, Cyrus Townsend

In that month, the period of the second generation of the Halictus, there is a sort of truce of God: the parasite rests and the Bee works in peace.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander