Opprobry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Opprobry is a noun meaning (obsolete) Opprobrium.
Meaning
(obsolete) Opprobrium.
Example Sentences
So the Lord may justly object to many of us that we build our owne houses, but suffer the house of the Lord to lye waste, it was an opprobry in Israel, when a man or woman wanted children, [...] and therefore they said when they had children, deus abstulit opprobrium meum. Luc. I. 25. The Lord hath taken away my opprobry; the Lord take away that opprobry and shame from the ministry, that they stand not up as barren and unfruitfull [...]
Word Forms
- opprobries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include opprobrie, opprobriation, approbrium, opprobrium, reprobance, exprobration.
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