deliverance
Use Deliverance in a sentence
ər noun
1.
an act or instance of delivering.
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4.
a thought or judgment expressed; a formal or authoritative pronouncement.
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Deliverance
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Example sentences
Sane-minded missionaries tell me of even more dramatic healings and deliverance from demons in third-world countries.
The hospital bed with its thick mattress was a deliverance.
However, the noun deliverance reflects only the second of these meanings.
And it doesn't help that deliverance has a way of eluding them.
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