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- noun obsolete Alternative form of
abomination .
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Examples
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Wherefore, perceiving that his lewdnesse allowed him no longer dwelling there; like a desperate adventurer, he transported himselfe thence to Venice, the receptacle of all foule sinne and abhomination, intending there to exercise his wonted bad behaviour, and live as wickedly as ever he had done before.
The Decameron 2004
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They sett vpp their sacrifice for the quicke and deade/the verie abhomination and God Maozim: which thinges they do defẽde wyth moste peruerse obstinacie.
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And verily if I had beene free and at liberty, I would have discovered all her abhomination.
The Golden Asse Lucius Apuleius
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And, so assotted are some, that they not only give them monie, to maintain their abhomination withall, but also weare their badges and cognizances in their hats and caps openly.
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton
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When time came that my harnesse should be taken off and that I should rest my selfe, I was not so joyfull of my liberty, as when the vaile was taken from mine eyes, I should see all the abhomination of this mischievous queane.
The Golden Asse Lucius Apuleius
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And I have spotted Conscience with all abhomination.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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That art accused to have been bawd unto Lucre, and spotted with all abhomination?
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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And bring me the box of all abhomination, that stands in the window:
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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Dissimulation, the other fraught with all abhomination.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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In the abundance of thy abhomination all evils are rife, --
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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