Definitionadv. in an authoritative and magisterial manner
Last update: August 4, 2015
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The majority, in which Cardinal Manning pla t ed a very active part, took their stand on theological reasons o the strongest kind; they invoked the promises of Our Lord o St Peter: " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build y Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her " and again, " I have prayed for thee, Peter, that thy faith ail not; and do thou in thy turn confirm thy brethren "; they showed the popes, in the course of the ages, acting as the g ardians and judges of the faith, arousing or welcoming dogmati controversies and authoritatively settling them, exercising the supreme direction in the councils and sanctioning their decis ons; they explained that the few historical difficulties did not in olve any dogmatic defect in the teaching of the popes; they i sisted upon the necessity of a supreme tribunal giving judg ent in the name of the whole of the scattered Church; and finally, they considered that the definition had become opportu e for the very reason that under the pretext of its inopportuneness the doctrine itself was being attacked. [Please select]
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Yuara spoke, briefly but authoritatively, and the weapons sank. [Please select]
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"Let the jurors see the photograph," the judge said, authoritatively. [Please select]
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Holding the card in his hand, he called authoritatively to a municipal guard who was passing. [Please select]
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Rutlidge, critically and authoritatively approving; Louise, effervescing the same sugary nothings at every step; Mrs. [Please select]
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Of course I cannot speak authoritatively without first consulting Mr. [Please select]
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It does not seem probable, but no one can say authoritatively that it is impossible. [Please select]
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"Come this way," she said authoritatively, and led them into a side-chamber reserved for the priests. [Please select]
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He said authoritatively: "The French Revolution is a heap of blackguards." [Please select]
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The only attention he paid to the big, black stranger was to shout at him authoritatively--"Git out the way, thar." [Please select]
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Their understanding is darkened by decadent critical principles, so that it is not capable of giving its approval authoritatively and on the principle of propriety to that which really can exist. [Please select]
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