Rakeshame
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rakeshame is a noun meaning (obsolete) An objectionable person.
Meaning
(obsolete) An objectionable person.
Example Sentences
[…] if such divine ministeries as these, wherein the angel of the church represents the person of Christ Jesus, must lie prostitute to sordid fees, and not pass to and fro between our Saviour, that of free grace redeemed us, and the submissive penitent, without the truckage of perishing coin, and the butcherly execution of tormentors, rooks, and rakeshames sold to lucre ; then have the Babylonish merchants of souls just excuse.
Word Forms
- rakeshames
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rakehell, rake-hell, rake, ragabash, rampallian, whoreshit.
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