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Superstitious use

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(Law) the use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law.
- Mozley & W.

See also: Superstitious



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Eliot gave no countenance to a superstitious use of the circumstance, and took care to tell them that, when he chose his text, he had no thought of any such application.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
 
 
 
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