opprobry
Examples
“So the Lord may justly object to many of us that we build⟳ our owne houses, but suffer⟳ the house of the Lord to lye waste⟳, it was an opprobry in Israel, when a man or woman wanted children, [...] and therefore they said when they had children, deus abstulit opprobrium meum. Luc. I. 25. The Lord hath taken away my opprobry; the Lord take⟳ away that opprobry and shame from the ministry, that they stand⟳ not up as barren and unfruitfull [...]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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