Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Tameness or baseness of spirit; cowardice.
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Examples
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Cynic poverty of spirit was but the poor-spiritedness of apathy.
Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics Archibald B. C. Alexander
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Guilt, always accompanied with meanness and poor-spiritedness, ii.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV. 1634-1716 1823
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The inseparable poor-spiritedness of guilt, which is less uneasy in company, 14. 5.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. II. 1634-1716 1823
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There is a poor-spiritedness that is so far from making men blessed that it is a sin and a snare -- cowardice and base fear, and a willing subjection to the lusts of men.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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