Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Built or erected on something else.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Built or erected on something else.
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- adjective
Built orerected upon something else.
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As in the building of a house (which is the metaphor the apostle, in this context, makes use of) there may be some parts that may be both fundamental to what is upon them, and superstructive in reference to what lies under them.
The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI. 1630-1705 1822
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