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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attain.

Library

Attaining to the Resurrection
... LXVI ATTAINING TO THE RESURRECTION. Philippians iii.11. (MONDAY AFTER EASTER).
This is certainly a very extraordinary saying of St. ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/lxvi attaining to the resurrection.htm

Whether the Attaining of Glory is an Effect of this Sacrament?
... OF THE EFFECTS OF THIS SACRAMENT (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether the attaining
of glory is an effect of this sacrament? Objection 1: It ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the attaining of glory.htm

Of the Most Excellent Exercise we Can Make in the Interior and ...
... OF THE MOST EXCELLENT EXERCISE WE CAN MAKE IN THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR TROUBLES
OF THIS LIFE, AFTER ATTAINING THE INDIFFERENCE AND DEATH OF THE WILL. ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xv of the most.htm

Whether Charity is the Most Excellent of the virtues?
... acts, depends on their being regulated by the due rule, it must needs be that human
virtue, which is a principle of good acts, consists in attaining the rule ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether charity is the most.htm

As a Prisoner, I Hope to See You.
... more than I requested; for I hope as a prisoner in Christ Jesus to salute you, if
indeed it be the will of God that I be thought worthy of attaining unto the ...
/.../ignatius/the epistle of ignatius to the romans/chapter i as a prisoner i.htm

Do not Save Me from Martyrdom.
... For neither shall I ever have such [another] opportunity of attaining to God; nor
will ye, if ye shall now be silent, ever be entitled to [832] the honour of a ...
/.../ignatius/the epistle of ignatius to the romans/chapter ii do not save me.htm

But if any Man Supposes that the Reason Why it is Right for A...
... the doctrine which bringeth salvation consisteth partly in things to be believed,
partly in things to be understood; and there is no attaining unto those ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on lying/section 11 but if any.htm

Be Ye Therefore Perfect, Even as Your Father which is in Heaven is ...
... Tonight my object is to mention some additional causes which prevent the great
body of Christians from attaining perfect sanctification. ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/be ye therefore perfect even 2.htm

Second Tractate. On virtue.
... Evil, we must escape hence. But what is this escape? "In attaining Likeness
to God," we read. And this is explained as "becoming ...
//christianbookshelf.org/plotinus/the six enneads/second tractate on virtue.htm

Whether Hope is a virtue
... On the first point: in regard to the passions, the mean of virtue consists in attaining
right reason. It is indeed in this that the essence of virtue consists. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/nature and grace/article one whether hope is.htm

Thesaurus

Attaining (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attain. Multi-Version
Concordance Attaining (3 Occurrences). Ephesians 4:13 until ...
/a/attaining.htm - 7k

Key (8 Occurrences)
... also Matthew 16:19; 18:18). The "key of knowledge" (Luke 11:52; Comp. Matthew
23:13) is the means of attaining the knowledge regarding the kingdom of God. ...
/k/key.htm - 14k

Ostrich (9 Occurrences)
... They would not bear the weight of the bird, but the habit of lifting and beating
them proved that this assisted in attaining speed in running (compare Xen. ...
/o/ostrich.htm - 18k

Fail (130 Occurrences)
... insolvent. 10. (vt) To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint;
to desert. 11. (vt) To miss of attaining; to lose. 12. (vi ...
/f/fail.htm - 43k

Frustrate (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint;
to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to ...
/f/frustrate.htm - 10k

To (219938 Occurrences)
... 1. (prep.) The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made
in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and also ...
/t/to.htm - 9k

Rising (162 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Rise. 2. (a.) Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward
direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon. ...
/r/rising.htm - 36k

Chameleon (1 Occurrence)
... The desert monitor, Varanus griseus, one of the largest of lizards, sometime attaining
the length of 4 ft., is common in Palestine and may be the animal here ...
/c/chameleon.htm - 11k

Collapse (9 Occurrences)
... undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French
army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success ...
/c/collapse.htm - 9k

Cumber (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome
or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct ...
/c/cumber.htm - 7k

Bible Concordance

Attaining (3 Occurrences)

Ephesians 4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
(See NIV)

Colossians 1:11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy;
(See NAS)

Colossians 2:2 in order that their hearts may be cheered, they themselves being welded together in love and enjoying all the advantages of a reasonable certainty, till at last they attain the full knowledge of God's truth, which is Christ Himself.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Attaining

Related Terms

Key (8 Occurrences)

Ostrich (9 Occurrences)

Fail (130 Occurrences)

Frustrate (7 Occurrences)

To (219938 Occurrences)

Rising (162 Occurrences)

Chameleon (1 Occurrence)

Collapse (9 Occurrences)

Cumber (1 Occurrence)