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  • noun Plural form of fautor.

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Examples

  • Furthermore, of his fautors and partakers, which had made fines with the king, and which not, with manie other articles touching the same earle.

    Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First Raphael Holinshed

  • Burgognie and his fautors; to recouer againe their goods, which by occasion of the said duke and his fréends they had lost and béene depriued of.

    Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV Raphael Holinshed

  • Let these fautors of science, the heroes of peace, have their place side by side with the heroes of war.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Various

  • And that whoever in this Realm shall either print, or bring, or cause to be brought into this Realm, any of the said Books, the same persons to be attached and committed to prison, and to receive such bodily punishment and other mulct as fautors of damnable heresies.

    Notes and Queries, Number 32, June 8, 1850 Various

  • The very title of this work indicates its scope: "The Execution of Justice in England for maintenance of public and Christian peace, against certain stirrers of sedition and adherents to the traitors and enemies of the realm without any persecution of them for questions of religion, as is falsely reported, and published by the fautors and fosterers of their treasons."

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • But for because that fools are more than wise men, therefore for favour of fools such singular doers ween that they be wise, when (if it were wisely determined) they and all their fautors [300] should be seen apert fools, and darts shot of the devil, to slay true simple souls under colour of holiness and charity.

    The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 Henry Pepwell 1902

  • On the whole, however, the Nazarenes were but little troubled for the first twenty years of their existence; and the undying hatred of the Jews against those later converts, whom they regarded as apostates and fautors of a sham Judaism, was awakened by

    Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • On the whole, however, the Nazarenes were but little troubled for the first twenty years of their existence; and the undying hatred of the Jews against those later converts, whom they regarded as apostates and fautors of a sham Judaism, was awakened by Paul.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Rome, as well as their fautors, comforters, counsellors, aiders and abettors, all and every of them shall incur the penalties of premunire; and in all such cases as have hitherto admitted of appeal to Rome, the appeals shall be from the Archdeacon's court to the Bishop's court, from the

    The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856

  • Then said she: -- I have heard, O auspicious King, that this felon counsel pleased the malicious Minister and all his fautors and flatterers highly approved his rede.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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