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- noun Plural form of
prohibition .
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Examples
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And, the attempt to differentiate gay marriage prohibitions from interracial marriage prohibitions is convoluted and circular, simply by virtue of the fact that it's illogical to make that claim.
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But my favorite prohibition in the enumeration of Levitical prohibitions is that found in
Think Progress » “Dogs aren’t born mooing, and people aren’t born gay.” 2006
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The requirement, demonstrated in these prohibitions, is that there shall be a single kind of sexual life for everyone ....
How to Do the History of Pornography: Romantic Sexuality and its Field of Vision 2006
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And last Sunday, despite prohibitions from the pulpit about such behavior, someone left lists of pro-life candidates on the windsheild of every car in the church parking lot.
Medpundit 2006
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And last Sunday, despite prohibitions from the pulpit about such behavior, someone left lists of pro-life candidates on the windsheild of every car in the church parking lot.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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America carried on trade in defiance of prohibitions from the Spanish Crown.
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Experience has taught us that, for the general and individual welfare of society, certain prohibitions and restraints are necessary.
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It contains, besides, a very numerous array of "prohibitions" -- acts which neither the Ard-Righ nor any other Potentate may lawfully do.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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It contains, besides, a very numerous array of "prohibitions" -- acts which neither the Ard-Righ nor any other Potentate may lawfully do.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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The list of prohibitions is long: It’s haram — forbidden — to smoke, drink, go to discos, or mix with an unrelated person of the opposite gender.
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