Meaning of in one's stead | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In place of someone or something.
   formal, literary
2. As a successor to someone or something.
   formal, literary
3. Instead of or rather than someone or something.
   formal, literary
4. As a person's deputy or representative.
   archaic, formal, literary
5. As replacement for someone or something in a physical place.
   formal, literary, obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Then the people of the land⟳ tooke Jehoahaz the ſon of Joſiah, and made him King in his fathers ſtead in Ieruſalem.”

“Bleſſed Lord [Jesus], they crucifie thee for all thy good vvorks: if thou hadſt been guilty, poſſibly thou mighteſt have⟳ been ſpared in the stead of Barabbas; […]”

“[W]henever any vvord doth not fully content us, vve take⟳ upon us to conclude⟳, firſt that the author could never have⟳ us'd it, and ſecondly, that he muſt have⟳ uſed that very one vvhich vve conjecture, in its ſtead.”

“A Laſh like⟳ mine no honeſt man ſhall dread, / But all ſuch babling blockheads in his ſtead.”

“Dovvn falls the venerable pile, th' abode / Of our forefathers, a grave vvhiſker'd race⟳, / But taſteleſs. Springs a palace in its ſtead, / But in a diſtant ſpot; […]”

“Features convulsed and mutterings dread, / Show⟳ terror reigns in sorrow's stead; […]”

“Some maiden, of her own⟳ accord, / Offers her life for that of her lord, / And is willing to die⟳ in his stead.”

“"A poor knight-bachelor, without birth or fortune, was not fit," he [Bertrand du Guesclin] said, "to lead⟳ the lords of France;" and he begged the King to choose⟳, in his stead, one of the numerous royal princes who surrounded him; but Charles [i.e., Charles V of France, then Dauphin] persisted, and solemnly presented him with the sword, the token of his office.”

“In December 2020 the Matlock branch services, which currently run⟳ through to Newark, will be cut⟳ back to Nottingham, but in their stead EMR will extend⟳ the hourly Crewe to Derby service through to Newark Castle.”

“Thẽ [then] Iaakobs angre vvas kindeled againſt Rahél, and he ſaid, Am I in Gods ſtede, vvhich hathe vvithholden frõ [from] thee the frute of the vvombe?”

“Didſt thou [Jesus] not chooſe even that vvhich thou novv groaneſt under; and vvert vvilling to put⟳ thy Soul in our Souls ſtead, and bear⟳ the ſin of thoſe vvhich are novv thy burden?”

“Examined after her own⟳ fashion, Zarah confirmed the tale of Christian in all its points, and admitted that she had deranged the project laid for a mask, by placing the dwarf in her own⟳ stead; […]”

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