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Meaning of misliver | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One who leads an evil or sinful life.

archaic

Examples

“And as the huſbande ys heed over his wife: even ſo hath he commaundmente to rule hyr appetites and is damned yf he ſofre hyr to be an whore ãd a miſſe lyver / oꝛ ſubmit hymſelfe to hyr and make hir his heed.”
“Yet the bishops who responded to the Commons' Supplication, while acutely sensitive in general to any assault on 'the laws of the church for repression of sin and reformation of 'mislivers', hardly seem to have appreciated the potential effects of this particular line of attack, blandly observing that 'a better provision cannot be devised than is already devised by the clergy, in our opinion.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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