desuetude

• “One important point that was made concerned the degree to which England has over the last one thousand years had so much to do with The Low Countries (a phrase that is now in desuetude but which I use here as neutral code for both Flanders and The Netherlands), often to the mutual commercial benefit of each party and often in ways which enriched us culturally as well as economically.”

  Flemish Musings

• “But when Trent rolled around the practice was already in desuetude, and only one lonely instance was somewhat doubtfully recorded of Vatican I.”

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• “Supporters of libertine sexuality should be mindful that desuetude is a “living” concept also — even under the phantasmagorical plurality of Stevens’ waxing dreamy in Casey: It appears that opponents of radical libertinism need merely to achieve a generational duration for their own position and even Casey’s expansive conceptual sweep, sweeps back with just as much double-edged force:”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Recent Michigan Prosecutions for “Seducing an Unmarried Woman” 

• “Toasts have also fallen into "desuetude" at private dinners.”

  The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men

• “I think this could [should] at least be grounds for a claim of desuetude.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Recent Michigan Prosecutions for “Seducing an Unmarried Woman” 

• “Finally, it set off a nice contrast between desuetude of their present condition and their pending leap into fame and fortune, provided they don't flush their prospects down the toilet, which is the premise of the story.”

  The Huffington Post: James Scarborough: Hollywood Fringe: The Dumb Waiter, Vespertine Productions & Girl Band in the Men's Room, Dirty Blonde Productions

• “* With a full house, Mary Robinette Kowal began with a puppet show tribute to Ray Harryhausen about a mournful latex dinosaur who has fallen into desuetude.”

  Fantastic Fiction at KGB » Blog Archive » Photos from the June 17th Reading

• “When the Communists precipitously lost popularity in the 1950s, the word "progressive" fell into desuetude.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Obama a 'Reaganite'? It Just Might Work

• “Iraqis didn't want them, and they're falling into desuetude, I think, as we speak.”

  NPR: Following The Reconstruction Money In Iraq

• “Yet even in their desuetude, when they “remain, tiny in numbers, among the nations,” God awaits their repentance, explicitly mentioning the promise he made to their forefathers.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Ten Commandments

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