Vocabulary Word
Word: proscribe
Definition: prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw
Definition: prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw
Sentences Containing 'proscribe'
Should the sovereign have the imprudence to appear either to deride, or doubt himself of the most trifling part of their doctrine, or from humanity, attempt to protect those who did either the one or the other, the punctilious honour of a clergy, who have no sort of dependency upon him, is immediately provoked to proscribe him as a profane person, and to employ all the terrors of religion, in order to oblige the people to transfer their allegiance to some more orthodox and obedient prince.
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