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An outer part. (plural)

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  • He sagely concludes: "If they (i.e., the English) had more to find fault with in externals, they would have less internal chagrin."
  • Life in the externals was a ceaseless round of toil.
  • Without that view into Graham’s mind we are only left with the shut down and closed in externals of him.
  • There are some other points belonging to what we may call the externals of prophecy which may now be briefly noted.
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