That ineffable condescension of a God made man, shedding his blood for the redemption of all men, was the most powerful motive that induced the Church to take such a zealous interest in the manumission of slaves.
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Manumission
//mænjʊˈmɪʃən//
Synonyms for "manumission" (7 found)
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15 translations across 11 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- vrijlating noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
Finnish
1 entries- manumissio noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
French
2 entries- affranchissement noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
- manumission noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
German
1 entries- Freilassung noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
Greek
1 entries- χειραφέτηση noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
Italian
1 entries- manomissione noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
Latin
1 entries- manūmissiō noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
Macedonian
2 entries- манумисија noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
- ослободување роб noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
Polish
2 entries- uwolnienie noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
- uwłaszczenie noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
Sumerian
2 entries- 𒂼𒄄 noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
- 𒂼𒅈𒄄 noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
Turkish
1 entries- azat etme noun (release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting)
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The manumission of the slaves in New York has been gradual.
Source: wiktionary
The most important law of Augustus, was the lex oelia sentia, deserving of all praise, which related to the manumission of slaves.
Source: wiktionary
In the west, and especially in Cornwall, the names of the serfs were mainly Celtic,—Griffith, Modred, Riol, and so forth,—as may be seen from the list of manumissions preserved in a mass-book at St. Petroc's, or Padstow.
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