hoben

Magic was justified by religious philosophy, and many a "hoben," "pious device," for saving the ignorant was invented by the priesthood.

Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902

Yet it is not like the Buddhist 'hoben' (pious device), for it is the determined truth "(p. 66).

Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902

Eine große Schar Kinder kam da in diesem Haus zusammen, alle miteinander hoben sie das Körbchen oder das Kinderwägelchen mit dem neuen Erdenbürger auf und riefen gemeinsam: »Holegrasch, wie soll's Bobele heißen?«

languagehat.com: W.G. SEBALD. 2004

It quite annoys me to hear once more their hoben and olles (haben and alles), and their WORSHIPFUL SIR.

The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart, Wolfgang A 1864

It quite annoys me to hear once more their hoben and olles (haben and alles), and their WORSHIPFUL SIR.

The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1773

The expression uso mo hoben means “a lie is sometimes justified”, and that’s just the case with Kaori Shoji’s hilarious piece in the Japan Times describing life in a household of two otaku newlyweds.

Su casa » Japundit Blog 2005

Wir waren Herzensbruder, Waffenfreunde, Fur eine Sache hoben wir den Arm!”

Maurice Guest 2003

"By the aid of hoben, or pious devices, the priesthood has played into the hands of popular superstition.

Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Sidney Lewis Gulick 1902