rebuker

Having Maxine for a friend, a supporter, and an occasional rebuker has been one of the more interesting experiences of my life.

Remarks By President At Dnc Dinner In Beverly Hills ITY National Archives 1999

And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

Hosea 5. 1999

In biblical times the courts of law were located at the city gates, and a 'rebuker at the gates' was a person who defended the rights of the oppressed.

Prophets With Honor Margalit, Avishai 1993

According to the judges, the prize was awarded to him partly because he has been a 'rebuker at the gates.'

Prophets With Honor Margalit, Avishai 1993

This lover of liberty, this gentle rebuker of kings, was of the free-thinkers, at least in the sympathy of political thought.

Classic French Course in English William Cleaver Wilkinson

'Look yo' here, Amos, 'said Deborah, raising the child in her arms so that her rebuker might look into its little features, ruddy and reposeful -- features where God's fresh touch still lingered;' luk yo 'here.

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

Isaiah, who saw unspeakable things, cut asunder with a saw; of Israel led away captive; of John the rebuker of adultery, beheaded; of

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

_Le R.P. Colomban_ is, according to M. Fabre's habit, a sort of double-edged affair -- a severe but just rebuke of the "popular preacher," and a good-humoured touch at the rebuker, M.nseigneur Onésime de la Boissière, Evêque de Saint-P.ns, who incidentally proposes to submit _L'Abbé Tigrane_ to the Holy Congregation of the Index.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889

As the clasp between the Old Testament and the New -- the close of the one and the beginning of the other; as among the greatest of those born of women; as the porter who opened the door to the True Shepherd; as the fearless rebuker of royal and shameless sin -- the Baptist must ever compel the homage and admiration of mankind.

John the Baptist 1888

To come neither eating nor drinking; to be stern, reserved, and lonely; to live apart from the homes of men, to be the severe and unflinching rebuker of other men's sins -- this was not the loftiest pattern of human character.

John the Baptist 1888