Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who breaks his vow or vows.
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Examples
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Decretal [* Cap. Scripturae, de Voto et Voti redempt.] says that "a man is not deemed a vow-breaker if he exchange a temporal service for the perpetual service of religion."
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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The prodigal, the traitor, the vow-breaker, these have ever been far more fruitful sources of anguish and misery than the life-long rebel and law-breaker.
Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord Bramwell Booth 1892
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Love, you know, father, is a great vow-maker; but he's a greater vow-breaker.
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 John Dryden 1665
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