Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Animal food; the flesh of animals prepared or used for food: distinguished from
fish .
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Examples
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On a meagre day, however, those ragamuffins will rather die of hunger than suffer the least morsel of flesh-meat to enter their mouths.
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At Brignolles, where we dined, I was obliged to quarrel with the landlady, and threaten to leave her house, before she would indulge us with any sort of flesh-meat.
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I had some difficulty in providing myself with flesh-meat at
Travels in Arabia 2003
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If you should be asked, for instance: Why do you not eat flesh-meat on
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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By days of abstinence I mean days on which we are forbidden to eat flesh-meat, but are allowed the usual amount of food.
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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{396} Why does the Church command us to abstain from flesh-meat on Fridays?
Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4) Anonymous
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The Church commands us to abstain from flesh-meat on Fridays in honor of the day on which our Saviour died.
Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4) Anonymous
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Who are obliged to abstain from flesh-meat on fast-days and days of abstinence?
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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Why does the Church command us to abstain from flesh-meat on Ash
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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The Church commands us to abstain, from flesh-meat on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent and to abstain from flesh-meat or do some other chosen penance on the other Fridays of the year in honor of the day on which Our Saviour died.
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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