in the stead of

Definitions

Preposition. [C2]

Examples

“Here lies one, in flower of youth, / Once his friend’s joy, now his parents ruth: / If Kitchen be his name⟳, as I have⟳ found, / Then Death now keeps his kitchen under ground; / And hungry worms that late of fleſh did eat⟳, / Devour their Kitchen in the ſtead of meat.”

“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; […]”

“As for thy drink⟳—I need⟳ not tell⟳ thee, it muſt be the infuſion of Vervain, and the herb Hanea, of which Ælian relates ſuch effects—but if thy ſtomach palls with it—diſcontinue it from time to time, taking cucumbers, melons, purſlane, water-lillies, woodbine, and lettice, in the ſtead of them.”

“So it is now. One who is mighty and strong I have⟳ ordained in the stead of him who was ordained of God.”

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