Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A leading by the hand; the act of guiding; careful guidance.

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

  • noun obsolete Guidance by the hand.

Etymologies

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From Late Latin manuductio, from (ablative singular form of) Latin manus ("hand") + ductiō ("leading").

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Examples

  • But if God may be allowed to judge in his own matters, the spiritual worship of the saints is glorious, since in it they have such an access, such a manuduction unto God.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • It is a prosagoge that we have in this worship; -- a manuduction unto God, in order, and with much glory.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • He is the merciful high priest over the house of God, by whom we have [37] access to the throne of grace: by him is our manuduction unto the Father; by him we believe in God, 1 Pet. i.

    Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965

  • It is like the Pillar of fire and cloud that parted between the Israelites and Egyptians, giving a clear and comfortable light to all those that are under the manuduction and guidance thereof [_i. e._ those who have the inner experience] but being full of darkness and obscurity to those that rebel against it. "[

    Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Rufus Matthew Jones 1905

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