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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See intendment.

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Examples

  • And when he came to the last hour he felt him whole in all his members, of good entendment, clear seeing and hearing, and in the year of his age three score and six, and of his bishopric forty, he put himself in prayers with his brethren, which praying he departed out of this life and went unto our Lord.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900

  • These words be vain, and thy commandments evil, they make the air to stink, he is much mechant that believeth in a stone without entendment, and leaveth our Lord the very God that hath healed me, and hath restored to me again my paps.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900

  • Barbara, martyr of Jesu Christ, answered to the judge: Thy gods be semblable to thee, without entendment how may they heal my wounds.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900

  • The beauty of marble the flesh delighteth, the beauty of grace quickeneth the soul, the first deceiveth the eyes, and that other edifieth by double entendment.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900

  • Christ, for it followeth because that God dwelled in them by entendment, whereof the apostle saith: Ne know ye not that your bodies be the temple of the Holy Ghost dwelling in you?

    The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900

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