Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English form of solace.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Solace.

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Examples

  • A forensic logic technique is gained (apologetically speaking), yet the exorbitant price paid therefore is a functional withdrawal from the five doctrinal 'solas' of Biblical truth recovered by the Protestant Reformation (i.e., sola Scriptura, solo Christo, sola fide, sola gratia, and soli deo gloria).

    SharperIron 2009

  • So, for a neopuritan like John Piper, the slant is toward highlighting the sovereignty of God in salvation - echoed in the five Calvinist "solas"

    Vanguard Church 2009

  • Las vitaminas B solas lavan otras vitaminas B del sistema.

    En Espanol: Gout, Gota 2008

  • De pie a solas en la cima de la montaña puedo escuchar cuentos y preguntas del pasado, misterios sobre mi futuro, y memorias desde el fondo de mi DNA.

    Las Montanas: Tres Hermanas 2008

  • While other Gineal regularly called troubleshooters by their title, councilors reserved the use of laoch solas for formal occasions — like when an enforcer had transgressed far enough to earn worse than a slap on the wrist.

    In the Midnight Hour 2007

  • Sip. e sacrario suo tum ad cunas nutricum sapientes eliminarunt, solas aurium delitias profitentes.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • "It's too soon to tell, laoch solas, but her chances are better in the temple than here."

    In the Midnight Hour 2007

  • "What did you need me to research for you, laoch solas?"

    In the Midnight Hour 2007

  • "In light of the other things you forgot to do, laoch solas," the councilor said, "this is a small matter."

    In the Midnight Hour 2007

  • The Cambridge Declaration, adopted in 1996 by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, explains each of the solas and how they speak to the practices and beliefs of modern-day evangelicalism.

    BatesLine: March 2005 Archives 2005

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