rebuker
IPA: ribjˈukɝ
noun
- One who rebukes.
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Examples of "rebuker" in Sentences
- And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
- According to the judges, the prize was awarded to him partly because he has been a 'rebuker at the gates.'
- This lover of liberty, this gentle rebuker of kings, was of the free-thinkers, at least in the sympathy of political thought.
- Having Maxine for a friend, a supporter, and an occasional rebuker has been one of the more interesting experiences of my life.
- Isaiah, who saw unspeakable things, cut asunder with a saw; of Israel led away captive; of John the rebuker of adultery, beheaded; of
- 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.
- '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.
- 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.
- 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.
- _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.
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