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- noun Attachment to the
system ordoctrines ofMoses . - noun Any of the
principles that comprise Moses' doctrines.
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Examples
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But does the study of nature allow of the maintenance of those local revelations which are called Mosaism, Christianity, Islamism?
Amiel's Journal Henri Fr��d��ric Amiel 1885
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In "Mosaism," so-called, the religious and the ethical are intimately interwoven with the social and the political.
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"Mosaism," translated by Miss Goldsmid, and which I read, as you will believe, without any Christian (unchristian?) prejudice.
Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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Along with this, and out of Mosaism, after the time of Samuel, prophetism was developed, in which independent religious conviction, outside the limits of the priesthood, and without distinction of rank or birth, [46] awoke among the people.
A Comparative View of Religions Johannes Henricus Scholten
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On the ruins of the Canaanite-Amorite culture rose in the latter days Judaism triumphant; the struggle -- prolonged and of varying success -- marked the ascendancy of the Hebraic culture which was a midway station between the indigenous Canaanite civilization on the one hand and that mighty spiritual leaven, Mosaism in its beginnings and Judaism in its consummation, on the other.
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Mosaism regards the entire universe as a temple manifesting the glory of God, and directs us to admire in the single component parts the profound counsels and infinite wisdom of Him who created and harmonized so many wonders.
A Guide for the Religious Instruction of Jewish Youth Isaac Samuele Reggio
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The nation's history was recast in a spirit showing how through the entire past faithful adherence to Mosaism brought in its wake national stability, and conversely a swaying from legitimacy and law was responsible for disaster.
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Considered in these points of view, Mosaism has the appearance, in its exterior garb, of a special law, adapted to peculiar circumstances, and circumscribed to few persons, but in reality, and apart from that kind of integument, it contains the universal doctrines, destined to become the inheritance of all mankind.
A Guide for the Religious Instruction of Jewish Youth Isaac Samuele Reggio
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The Gentiles would never have accepted circumcision with the heavy yoke of Mosaism, nor would they have consented to occupy an inferior position with regard to the Jews, as they necessarily must, if these regarded them as unclean and declined to eat with them or even to enter their houses.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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It is the complete want of sacrifice among some African and Australian tribes, rather than the numerous sacrifices of Mosaism, that has resulted from degeneration.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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