churchdoor

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Without this previous knowledge we should be utterly unable to account for the presence of Orpheus charming the beasts, as a Christian allegory in the catacombs; of "Sigurd Fafni's bane" and the dragon on churchdoors in Norway; or of King Tidrik and the drake on churchdoors in Iceland; […]”

“She went in at the open⟳ door, always kept open⟳, as churchdoors should be, […]”

“[…] in Bracton's time, as in Glanvil's time, the churchdoor covenant might always be made to include⟳ the husband's future acquisitions as well as his present⟳ possessions. […] For wherever the husband had named at the churchdoor a definite piece of land⟳ as her dower, her claim⟳ became indefeasible; […]”

“. . . when the man came through the churchdoor on a scruffy Mule, […]”

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