It had seemed - and was in part intended as - irreverent, and calculated to make austere churchmen and political moralists appear crude and unsophisticated.From theCambridge English Corpus
Many ' rising men ' supplemented a core group of senior churchmen, ensuring that the commission was both intellectually highpowered and politically astute.From theCambridge English Corpus
Those churchmen and others demonstrate that there were sensitive supporters of modern religious art among the clergy.From theCambridge English Corpus
The latter spaces, with their dais ends, expressed the hierarchical vision of the dominant churchmen.From theCambridge English Corpus
The documents so far have been those of politicians and high churchmen, where details of musical practice were not likely to enter.From theCambridge English Corpus
Although he was a conscientious landlord and a devotedchurchman, his most lasting influence was on the life of the village.From theCambridge English Corpus
These did not rouse the ire of churchmen because they did not claim to be truth even though they might serve to inspire the devout.From theCambridge English Corpus
Wealthy churchmen, it seems, prospered at juniors' expense.From theCambridge English Corpus
More and more, both churchmen and philosophers chafed irritably with early medieval practices of text setting.From theCambridge English Corpus
Ordinarily, high churchmen abhorred the idea of baptism by total immersion.From theCambridge English Corpus
Moreover, aside from agreeing about the importance of religion, churchmen and statesmen had always agreed about the ideal of social and political stability.From theCambridge English Corpus
It must be emphasized that these views were not the expressions of a small minority of unionist politicians and conservative churchmen.From theCambridge English Corpus
When there was so much jostling among the gentry for positions among the quorum, there may have been resentment of churchmen in this select group.From theCambridge English Corpus
They are not taught to be churchmen.From theCambridge English Corpus
The provisions for the aged-poor indicate that many landlords - bishops and senior churchmen as well as secular notables - assumed some ' seigniorial ' responsibility for those without means.From theCambridge English Corpus
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