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Meanings of lawgiver in inglés

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legislador

A maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws.

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        Examples for "lawmaker"
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        This is the second tragedy for the lawmaker's family in recent months.
        Ebony
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        But a relisting might aid transparency, which might ease UK lawmaker concerns.
        Reuters
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        Early signs are not encouraging, lawmaker Andrew Tyrie said in a statement.
        Reuters
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        I think it's going to be deeply divisive, lawmaker Stephen Kinnock said.
        Reuters
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        The Commission should adopt new rules by July, the lawmakers' resolution said.
        Reuters
        Usage of lawgiver in inglés
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        The old lawgiver has for his last achievement to punish the idolater.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
        2
        The god turned lawgiver, in short, must be crowned Pontiff and King.
        The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring
        3
        These and many other adaptations of a like sort the lawgiver sanctioned.
        The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians
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        A Galilean peasant was announced to the world as a divine lawgiver.
        Evidences of Christianity
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        Lycurgus, the reputed Spartan lawgiver, is credited with the construction, about B.C.
        The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01
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        But when he came down from the mountain, he was a lawgiver.
        Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
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        To the above, the humanity of the lawgiver has affixed three qualifying conditions.
        The Civilization of China
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        The Spartan lawgiver has been censured for the toleration of theft and adultery.
        The Columbiad: A Poem
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        They all had one vote alike, and the majority was the supreme lawgiver.
        Equality
        10
        Moses was the lawgiver, Aaron the priest, and Miriam the seer.
        Woman: Man's Equal
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        This was the type set up by the Jewish savior and lawgiver, Moses.
        The Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars — ...
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        The lawgiver must assume for his purposes that all men are bad: ib.
        The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
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        Judaism had the one lawgiver who beheld God, while the people tarried below.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
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        But we may learn two things from this figure of the indignant lawgiver.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
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        The true lawgiver ought to have a heart full of sensibility.
        The American Union Speaker
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        The lawgiver does not speak of an obedience-faculty, nor even of a social-faculty.
        Practical Essays
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