Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Assistance; coöperation.
- noun The office or employment of a coadjutor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance.
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- noun The state or office of a
coadjutor ;joint assistance .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This circumstance, and the retreat of M. de Noyers, who fell into the snare that Chavigni had laid for him, renewed my hopes of the coadjutorship of
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I told Montresor that I was indebted to the Queen for the coadjutorship of Paris, and that that was enough to keep me from entering into any engagement that might be disagreeable to her Majesty.
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The Cardinal was so pestered with complaints from Rome, and so disturbed with the discontent which prevailed in Poitou and Paris, on account of my imprisonment, that he sent me an offer of my liberty and great advantages, on condition that I would resign the coadjutorship of Paris.
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The abbot had herein a private view of advancing him to the coadjutorship in the abbacy for the easing of his own shoulders in bearing the burden of the government of the house.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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The good reception I found at Court gave my relatives some grounds to hope that I might have the coadjutorship of Paris.
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I concluded with offering to sacrifice my coadjutorship of Paris to the anger of the Queen and the hatred of the Cardinal, and that very cheerfully, if they would but come into my measures.
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As I owed the coadjutorship of the archbishopric to the Queen, I thought it my duty in every circumstance to sacrifice my resentment, and even the probability of glory, to gratitude; and notwithstanding all the solicitations of Montresor and Laigues, I made a firm resolution to stick close to my own business and not to engage in anything that was either said or done against the Court at that time.
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Lavigerie explained that his meaning had been misunderstood, and refused the coadjutorship of Lyons, which the emperor, to satisfy
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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This was the first case of an episcopal translation and coadjutorship. and had to be ratified by the hierarchy of Palestine assembled at Jerusalem
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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He refused the post of Vicar Apostolic of Florida and only the peremptory command of the pope made him accept the coadjutorship of New Orleans.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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