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Meanings of
lawgiver
in English
Portuguese
legislador
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A maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws.
lawmaker
Portuguese
legislador
Usage of
lawgiver
in English
1
The old
lawgiver
has for his last achievement to punish the idolater.
2
The god turned
lawgiver
,
in short, must be crowned Pontiff and King.
3
These and many other adaptations of a like sort the
lawgiver
sanctioned.
4
A Galilean peasant was announced to the world as a divine
lawgiver
.
5
Lycurgus, the reputed Spartan
lawgiver
,
is credited with the construction, about B.C.
6
But when he came down from the mountain, he was a
lawgiver
.
7
To the above, the humanity of the
lawgiver
has affixed three qualifying conditions.
8
The Spartan
lawgiver
has been censured for the toleration of theft and adultery.
9
They all had one vote alike, and the majority was the supreme
lawgiver
.
10
Moses was the
lawgiver
,
Aaron the priest, and Miriam the seer.
11
This was the type set up by the Jewish savior and
lawgiver
,
Moses.
12
The
lawgiver
must assume for his purposes that all men are bad: ib.
13
Judaism had the one
lawgiver
who beheld God, while the people tarried below.
14
But we may learn two things from this figure of the indignant
lawgiver
.
15
The true
lawgiver
ought to have a heart full of sensibility.
16
The
lawgiver
does not speak of an obedience-faculty, nor even of a social-faculty.
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lawgiver
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
great lawgiver
supreme lawgiver
absolute lawgiver
first lawgiver
athenian lawgiver
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Translations for
lawgiver
Portuguese
legislador
Lawgiver
through the time
Lawgiver
across language varieties
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