Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
solace .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Solace.
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Examples
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A forensic logic technique is gained (apologetically speaking), yet the exorbitant price paid therefore is a functional withdrawal from the five doctrinal 'solas' of Biblical truth recovered by the Protestant Reformation (i.e., sola Scriptura, solo Christo, sola fide, sola gratia, and soli deo gloria).
SharperIron 2009
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So, for a neopuritan like John Piper, the slant is toward highlighting the sovereignty of God in salvation - echoed in the five Calvinist "solas"
Vanguard Church 2009
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Las vitaminas B solas lavan otras vitaminas B del sistema.
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De pie a solas en la cima de la montaña puedo escuchar cuentos y preguntas del pasado, misterios sobre mi futuro, y memorias desde el fondo de mi DNA.
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While other Gineal regularly called troubleshooters by their title, councilors reserved the use of laoch solas for formal occasions — like when an enforcer had transgressed far enough to earn worse than a slap on the wrist.
In the Midnight Hour 2007
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Sip. e sacrario suo tum ad cunas nutricum sapientes eliminarunt, solas aurium delitias profitentes.
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"It's too soon to tell, laoch solas, but her chances are better in the temple than here."
In the Midnight Hour 2007
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"What did you need me to research for you, laoch solas?"
In the Midnight Hour 2007
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"In light of the other things you forgot to do, laoch solas," the councilor said, "this is a small matter."
In the Midnight Hour 2007
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The Cambridge Declaration, adopted in 1996 by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, explains each of the solas and how they speak to the practices and beliefs of modern-day evangelicalism.
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