Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The putting off or laying aside of carnality or fleshly lusts.

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  • Nothing has developed my materialistic beliefs like this decarnation of which I had such a sensible, or rather visible perception.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • Nothing has developed my materialistic beliefs like this decarnation of which I had such a sensible, or rather visible perception.

    Gerfaut — Complete Charles de Bernard 1827

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