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Synonyms for leadings


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lee-ding
Phonetic Transcription : ˈli dɪŋ



Définition of leadings

Origin :
  • "lead work; lead covering or frame of lead," mid-15c., from lead (n.1).
  • As in vanguard : noun forefront
Example sentences :
  • He told me some things about them, to show that our leadings were incompatible.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
  • “We must wait for the leadings of Providence,” said his wife.
  • Extract from : « Janet's Love and Service » by Margaret M Robertson
  • Do not fear, then, to wrestle with doubt, or to follow its leadings.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • Pre-eminently it may claim to have followed the leadings of Providence.
  • Extract from : « The Religious Life of London » by J. Ewing Ritchie
  • Each and all of God's sons is the subject of these leadings.
  • Extract from : « Practical Religion » by John Charles Ryle
  • Surely the leadings of Providence were too plainly evident to be unnoticed.
  • Extract from : « Bad Hugh » by Mary Jane Holmes
  • In both of these instances reason has followed the leadings of feeling.
  • Extract from : « Applied Psychology for Nurses » by Mary F. Porter
  • Aunt Jane looked at Ruth, as if pitying the sister who had blindly followed the leadings of her heart and had died unforgiven.
  • Extract from : « Lavender and Old Lace » by Myrtle Reed
  • Old Mr. Holt, being a church member, had probably had "leadings" which were more to be relied on than his son's boasted knowledge.
  • Extract from : « Felix Holt, The Radical » by George Eliot
  • Our end is to do God's will, not our own; to obey the command of Providence, not to follow the leadings of human fancies.
  • Extract from : « History of American Socialisms » by John Humphrey Noyes

Antonyms for leadings

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