disseverance

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Some of these gentlemen pleaded their cause so well that they almost made it appear that episcopal ascendancy would be restored in England by the disseverance of the Church and State.

From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony

The disseverance of the operative from the speculative element of Freemasonry occurred at the beginning of the eighteenth century.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

The want of harmony in taste, feeling and character, is no reason for disseverance.

From The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

But she did not the less feel how terrible would be the effect of any disseverance from Lady Lufton.

From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony

He advocated strongly the disseverance of the Union, so that the country to which he belonged might have hands clean from the taint of slavery.

From North America — Volume 1 by Trollope, Anthony