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Meanings of outward adornment in English

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Usage of outward adornment in English
1
She had attired herself carefully, for she knew his delight in outward adornment.
Cleopatra — Volume 05
2
The freshness of youth has a beauty of its own which needs but little outward adornment.
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
3
There was no outward adornment there; there was, so to say, no wig about Mr. Crawley.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
4
For outward adornment does not belong to us by nature, wherefore it varies according to different times and places.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
5
It is inward worth, not outward adornment and display of wealth, that wins friends and gives the student a place on our roll of honor.
Stammering, Its Cause and Cure
6
The lower class are not a whit behind their wealthier neighbours in outward adornments.
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
7
These graces are not outward adornments or optional accomplishments.
Christianity and Ethics: A Handbook of Christian Ethics
8
Mary, it may be explained, had a tendency to admire the outward adornments of ritualism if not its doctrines.
Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies
9
They evidently felt that their magnificent outward adornments were exhibited in a very unworthy locality, and among a very uncongenial company.
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