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"Abbreviate" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the orders for the administration of the two sacraments, we find ourselves on delicate ground, where serious change of any sort is out of the question. Permission, under certain circumstances, still further to abbreviate the Office of the Communion of the Sick might, however, be sought without giving reasonable cause of alarm to any, and general consent might perhaps also be had for a provision with respect to the Exhortation, "Dearly beloved in the Lord," that in "Churches ...
— A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer • William Reed Huntington
... itself; but upon examination I pronounced the officer's signature a forgery. My conclusion was based on the fact of the letter "l" in "Cavl." I assumed that no officer of cavalry, more especially in the regular service, would abbreviate in any way other than Cav. ...
— Between the Lines - Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After • Henry Bascom Smith |
Words linked to "Abbreviate" : minify, abbreviator, decrease, edit, abbreviation, expurgate, abridge, lessen, bowdlerize, condense, digest, contract, bowdlerise, concentrate, shorten, edit out, expand, castrate |
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