Chapter 1 of Nunnery Life in the Church of England is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Nunnery Life in the Church of England is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius. BY SISTER MARY AGNES, O.S.B. EDITED, WITH PREFACE, BY THE REV. W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_. _FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.
Chapter 1 of Nunnery Life in the Church of England is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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improved or corrected by critical editing
From this reading “EDITED, WITH PREFACE, BY THE REV.”
a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
From this reading “W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_.”
bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110)
From this reading “NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.”
(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
From this reading “W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_.”
the convent of a community of nuns
From this reading “NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.”
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading “EDITED, WITH PREFACE, BY THE REV.”
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading “_FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.”
a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
From this reading “_FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY SISTER MARY AGNES, O.S.B.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading BY SISTER MARY AGNES, O.S.B.
a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading _FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY SISTER MARY AGNES, O.S.B.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
improved or corrected by critical editing
From this reading EDITED, WITH PREFACE, BY THE REV.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
From this reading _FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_.
a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
From this reading W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_.
bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110)
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
From this reading W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading _FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading BY SISTER MARY AGNES, O.S.B.
the convent of a community of nuns
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading BY SISTER MARY AGNES, O.S.B.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading EDITED, WITH PREFACE, BY THE REV.
text handwritten in the style of printed matter
From this reading _FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.
increase the number of rotations per minute
From this reading EDITED, WITH PREFACE, BY THE REV.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading BY SISTER MARY AGNES, O.S.B.
plural of “saint” — a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.
being one more than sixteen
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading BY SISTER MARY AGNES, O.S.B.
a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
From this reading _FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading _FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.
a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
From this reading W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading W. LANCELOT HOLLAND, M.A., _Vicar Of All Saints’, Hatcham_.
in the company of; together with
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
From this reading _FIFTH THOUSAND._ BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON.
a late time of life
From this reading NUNNERY LIFE IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; OR, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius.
Chapter 1 of Nunnery Life in the Church of England by Sister, O.S.B. Mary Agnes holds 119 sentences, grouped into 24 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 119 sentences of Nunnery Life in the Church of England, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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