Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Alt. of Pretenceless.
2. (n.) The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.
3. (n.) The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death.
4. (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.
5. (n.) Intention; design.
Greek
4392. prophasis -- a pretense ... pretense, outward showing. From a compound of pro and phaino; an outward showing,
ie Pretext -- cloke, colour,
pretence, show. see GREEK pro. see GREEK phaino.
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That under Pretence of Keeping the Purse Women have to Besought to ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XI. That under pretence of keeping the purse women
have to besought to dwell with them. Hence many are led ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xi that under pretence.htm
If, under any Pretence of Piety, any Children Shall Forsake their ...
... Canon XVI. If, under any pretence of piety, any children shall forsake their
parents? If, under any pretence of piety, any children ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xvi if under any.htm
If any One, under Pretence of Asceticism, Shall Fast on Sunday...
... If any one, under pretence of asceticism, shall fast on Sunday? If any one, under
pretence of asceticism, shall fast on Sunday, let him be anathema. Notes. ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xviii if any one.htm
If any One, under Pretence of Asceticism, Should Wear a ...
... Canon XII. If any one, under pretence of asceticism, should wear a peribol??um
and? If any one, under pretence of asceticism, should ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xii if any one 2.htm
If any Woman, under Pretence of Asceticism, Shall Change Her ...
... Canon XIII. If any woman, under pretence of asceticism, shall change her
apparel and? If any woman, under pretence of asceticism ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xiii if any woman.htm
Another Part of My Smoke' which You Frequently Laugh at is My ...
... 31. Another part of my smoke' which you frequently laugh at is my pretence, as you
say, to know what I do not know, and the parade I make of great teachers to ...
/.../31 another part of my.htm
The Holy Synod Has Decreed that those who Forcibly Carry Off Women ...
... Canon XXVII. The holy Synod has decreed that those who forcibly carry
off women under pretence of? The holy Synod has decreed ...
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There is no Other Religion Now in the World but the Christian that ...
... REVELATION. VIII. Proposition VIII. There is no other religion now in the
world but the Christian that has any just pretence. or ...
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The Apostles not Ignorant the Heretical Pretence of St. Peter's ...
... The Prescription Against Heretics. Chapter XXIII."The Apostles Not Ignorant The
Heretical Pretence of St. Peter's Imperfection Because He Was Rebuked by St. ...
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The Substance of Some Discourse had Between the Clerk of the Peace ...
... I do frequent; that law was made against those, that being designed to do evil in
their meetings, making the exercise of religion their pretence, to cover ...
/.../grace abounding to the chief of sinners/the substance of some discourse.htm
Thesaurus
Pretence (5 Occurrences)...Pretence (5 Occurrences).
... for ye devour widows' houses, and for a
pretence make long
prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. (KJV WEY DBY).
.../p/pretence.htm - 8kAbundant (124 Occurrences)
... because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers,
because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment. (DBY). ...
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Damnation (11 Occurrences)
... hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer:
therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. (KJV BBE). ...
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Pretense (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Alt. of Pretence. Multi-Version Concordance
Pretense (9 Occurrences). Matthew 23:13 "Woe to you, scribes ...
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Pretend (9 Occurrences)
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Notwithstanding (37 Occurrences)
... Philippians 1:18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or
in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. ...
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Greater (219 Occurrences)
... for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore
ye shall receive the greater damnation. (KJV WEY BBE WBS). ...
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Widows (33 Occurrences)
... for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore
ye shall receive the greater damnation. (KJV WEY BBE DBY WBS). ...
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Therein (269 Occurrences)
... Philippians 1:18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or
in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. ...
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Eat (690 Occurrences)
... for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye
shall receive the greater damnation. (Root in KJV WEY BBE DBY WBS). ...
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