The term desertion is also applied to a cleric's abandonment of his benefice, whether it be residential or non-residential. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
The greatest desertion from the English regiments is among the musicians composing the bands. From Wordnik.com. [Diary in America, Series One] Reference
She was boarded, searched and four persons taken from the crew charged with desertion from the English navy. From Wordnik.com. [History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico] Reference
And some think that such a malicious desertion is as much a dissolution of the marriage-covenant as death itself. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
The idea of desertion is taken up again in the comic version of the television show in Firefly: Those Left Behind. From Wordnik.com. [Book Review: The Stars My Destination | Heretical Ideas Magazine] Reference
An absolute desertion is not indeed to be thought of; but a total eclipse of the felt sense of God's presence it certainly expresses. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
What seemed the levity of her desertion was the devotion of self-sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [A Strange Story — Complete] Reference
If I try to back out now, the Colonel might call it desertion and have me hung. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man’s Walk] Reference
His passion for her had been strengthened by what he was pleased to call her desertion of him. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
That while the notion of infidelity could be entertained, the idea of desertion was too scandalous?. From Wordnik.com. [Sonnet of the Sphinx] Reference
Why did her heart convict her of having deserted a friend, when she knew that the desertion was his?. From Wordnik.com. [Brand Blotters] Reference
He had apparently founded great hopes for the fraternity on both of us, and our desertion was a blow to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Jews in America] Reference
The change, it is true, sadly dulled the warlike ardour of his army; but it could not be called desertion of Russia and. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)] Reference
When people desert their connections, the desertion is a manifest fact, upon which a direct simple issue lies, triable by plain men. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc.] Reference
And I got the line about "desertion" earlier, too. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2004] Reference
Mudge, that kind of desertion couldn't be ruled out. From Wordnik.com. [The Moment Of The Magician]
A child at what he was pleased to call our desertion of him. From Wordnik.com. [How I Found Livingstone] Reference
It seemed the worst kind of desertion -- something that he would be ashamed of all the days of his life. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland Cousins] Reference
We had five child labor laws: one was for adoption, one was some kind of desertion law, for children that were deserted. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Josephine Wilkins, 1972. Interview G-0063. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Every desertion is not despair. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
"So she doesn't call desertion, poverty, and hard work, troubles?. From Wordnik.com. [Eight Cousins] Reference
Twenty-one officers have been arrested on charges of "desertion" and. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The term "failure to provide" was the only one he could get through his head; "desertion" was out of the question. From Wordnik.com. [What's-His-Name] Reference
Hitsugaya's "desertion" coming years earlier, when he and his friend Kusaka somehow managed to obtain the same zanpakuto. From Wordnik.com. [Mania News Feed] Reference
"desertion," as he called it, but John was firm in his refusal to stay. From Wordnik.com. [Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not] Reference
Only desertion, adultery and the like would qualify. From Wordnik.com. [The New Family Values] Reference
When a boy was sentenced to death for desertion, he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
The lover's desertion was followed by the desertion of the friend. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And the Canadian government keeps trying to send her home to face desertion charges. From Wordnik.com. [Canada’s New Leaf] Reference
But all risk prison sentences in the United States for desertion if they are forced to return. From Wordnik.com. ['An Illegal, Immoral Order'] Reference
To head off a third major desertion, Bollettieri has a new policy: no parents allowed on the court. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting, Impatiently, For Venus To Rise] Reference
The occasional desertion of a high note was unimportant; the absence of the legendary Pavarotti charm was not. From Wordnik.com. [Gambling On A Career? Say It Ain't So, Luciano.] Reference
The alloy that fused Jimmy to Betta was worn down by the death of his father, his mother's desertion, the unendable war in Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures: A Memoir] Reference
Motel was sometimes tempted to think of him as a changeling, but his wife's inconstancy and desertion had left him with other suspicions. From Wordnik.com. [Settled] Reference
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