Sentence example with the word 'attaint'

attaint

Definition v. bring shame or dishonor upon

Last update: June 22, 2015


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A bill was brought into parliament to attaint Elizabeth Barton, a nun, who was said to have held treasonable language.   [Please select]

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The bill passed, in spite of justice, in spite of the eloquence of the attainted earl.   [Please select]

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Your father, considering the chance of your being attainted, left me his trustee for your advantage.   [Please select]

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--because I have had an ideal, and I have attainted to it.   [Please select]

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The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.   [Please select]

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Originally, the blood of a person held to be convicted of treason or felony was declared to be *attainted* or corrupted so that his power to inherit, transmit, or hold property was destroyed.   [Please select]

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