They prove conclusively that the Imperial Family believed that it was only abdicating its political power, whilst retaining all ancient ceremonial rights and titles.
All the time the wily prince had been urging upon the king the necessity of abdicating in his favor.
The king learned of this and frustrated it by immediately abdicating in favor of his brother.
Seraphitus wasabdicating his manly strength, and his looks were losing their too keen insight.
Well does a brilliant modern writer declare that, "among the multitude of strong men in modern times abdicatingtheir reason at the command of their prejudices, Joseph Scaliger is perhaps the most striking example.
Caulaincourt had already hinted to Napoleon that in case of his abdicating personally there was a possibility of inducing the Allies to agree to a Council of Regency.
In this protest Louis said: The constitution of the state guaranteed by the Emperor, my brother, gave me the right of abdicating in favour of my children.
At length the King was induced to give up, at least for the present, his design of abdicating the government.
The political question which he is called upon to resolve is connected with the interest of the suitors, and he cannot refuse to decide it without abdicating the duties of his post.
About six or seven miles from the city, Diocletian constructed a magnificent palace, and we may infer, from the greatness of the work, how long he had meditated his design of abdicating the empire.
Even in the splendor of the Roman triumph, Diocletian had meditated his design of abdicating the government.
The illustrations of altruism which they furnished by abdicating in one another's favour may well have been inspired by perusing the writings of Confucius.
The abdicating Emperor was looked upon as a hero and a prophet.
In this, Dhritarashtra, abdicating the kingdom, and accompanied by Gandhari and Vidura went to the woods.
In this, those foremost among men the Pandavas abdicating their kingdom went with Draupadi on their great journey called Mahaprasthana.
The abdicating proclivities of the nation in pre-Meiji times are well shown by the official list of daimyos published by the Shogunate in 1862.
Thus the waves are accentuated, both in their rise and in their relapse, by the abdicating proclivity of the people.
The King talked much and excitedly to him ofabdicating the throne.
We have heard that rumours had already been current that he thought of abdicating the throne; these were fed by his strange caprices and his retired life.
Mikados followed each other, sole rulers and powerful, until they fell into a trick of abdicating in favor of their children, and then doing the duty without being annoyed by the ceremonies of their office.
The political question which he is called upon to resolve is connected with the interest of the parties, and he cannot refuse to decide it without abdicating the duties of his post.
There is record of an Emperor ascending the throne at the age of two, and abdicating at the age of four; another Mikado was appointed at the age of five; several at the age of ten.
It was deemed advisable to compel Emperors to abdicate at an early age, and after abdicating to become Buddhist monks,--the successor chosen being often a mere child.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "abdicating" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
