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Example sentences for "holdeth"

Lexicographically close words:
holden; holder; holders; holdes; holdest; holdfasts; holdin; holding; holdings; holds
  1. For as Baptista porta saith, it holdeth not also in the French iuie, wherfore I can not beleeue that it hath anie such qualitie at all as Cato ascribeth vnto it.

  2. For in truth his assertion holdeth onelie in their persons that inhabit neere vnto and vnder the equinoctiall.

  3. Then vnto the Artro a brooke, whose head commeth from by north east, and in his course receiueth the Gedar on the north side, and so holdeth on till it fall into the sea, after a few windlesses which it maketh as it passeth.

  4. There is likewise another in a pasture belonging to the Grange, now in possession of William Bird esquier, who holdeth the same in the right of his wife, but in time past belonging to Tilteie abbeie.

  5. Mayhap it were better to journey by Newark, where be the dungeons I have told thee of; and so, when thou hast viewed that castle, journey on southward to Nottingham, where the king hath another castle which oft holdeth many prisoners.

  6. But I would fain learn what we may of the region round about, and of the safety or danger it holdeth for us ere we sally forth.

  7. Vor bote a man couth French, me tolth of hym well lute, Ac lowe men holdeth to Englyss and to her kunde speeche yute.

  8. For but a man knoweth French, men told of him well little, and lowe men holdeth to English and to their native tongue.

  9. And I said, "Sir, full many men and women wondereth upon him, and speaketh him mickle shame, and holdeth him for a cursed enemy of the Truth.

  10. Ye wot well that the Archbishop putteth and holdeth me here, as one unworthy either to give or to take any Sacrament of Holy Church!

  11. For neither he holdeth now, nor will hold the learning that he thought when he was Canon of Leicester; for no Bishop of this land pursueth now more sharply them that hold thy Way than he doth.

  12. Qui statis in Jude et Rex Israel, And the mightiest conqueror that ever walked on ground; For I am even he that made both heaven and hell, And of my mighty power holdeth up this world round.

  13. He holdeth the waters in the hollow of His hand.

  14. Child Who holdeth your fate and the fate of your people in His hand.

  15. He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

  16. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.

  17. I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

  18. O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

  19. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

  20. He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

  21. Unto the angel of the congregation of Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the vij.

  22. A Barrel at Liege holdeth ninety Pots, and a Pot is as much as a Wine quart in England.

  23. I have since been informed from Liege, that a Pot of that Countrey holdeth 48 Ounces of Apothecary's measure; which I judge to be a Pottle according to London measure, or two Wine-quarts.

  24. And this she holdeth the best way of clarifying the Liquor, and making it look pale.

  25. And what I say of magistrates, holdeth of parents, and other governors, caeteris paribus, according to the proportion of their authority.

  26. The same determination holdeth as to all contracts and promises made to such persons, who by injurious force constrained us to make them.

  27. Thy Wife is prowd, she holdeth thee in awe, More then God or Religious Church-men may Glost.

  28. At which (as it were by inspiration) she makes (in her sleepe) signes of reioycing, and holdeth vp her hands to heauen.

  29. He is but abortiif, Eked with cloutes, He holdeth his ordynaunce With hores and theves, And purchaseth hem pryvyleges With penyes so rounde.

  30. Else, if thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to thy blessing?

  31. Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things saith he who holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: 2:2.

  32. For the mystery of iniquity already worketh: only that he who now holdeth do hold, until he be taken out of the way.

  33. In this city the Egyptian Soldan holdeth his court; from thence the river Nilus hath his head and spring.

  34. Hall hath land there wch a Dyer holdeth vnder him, & was taken out of the Kinge's comon, together wth other lands not yet throughly viewed.

  35. The Earle of Pembrooke holdeth by lease for 5 yeres yet to come, Whitemayde Parke, wch was taken out of the forrest, of the like tenure, 20li.

  36. Christofer Bunn holdeth parcell of the same landes wch I have not viewed, 10li.

  37. Love that holdeth firm in fee Many a lord of many a land, From thy thraldom few would flee; Wide the wondrous potency Of thy heart-enchanting hand.

  38. Come weal or woe, I am my lady's knight And in her service every ill withstand; Love is my Lord in all the world's despite And holdeth in the hollow of his hand My day and night.

  39. For in truth his assertion holdeth onelie in their persons that inhabit néere vnto and vnder the equinoctiall.

  40. For it féedeth vpon the hop, and holdeth out so long as the force of the same continueth, which being extinguished the drinke must be spent or else it dieth, and becommeth of no value.

  41. But that holdeth not in denomination, either of the said church or name of the foresaid countie.

  42. Seek ye refuge in God from whatsoever might lead you astray from the Source of His Revelation and hold fast unto His Cord, for whoso holdeth fast unto His allegiance, he hath attained and will attain salvation in all the worlds.

  43. He holdeth in His grasp the keys of heaven and earth and of everything between them.

  44. In His grasp He holdeth the source of authority, and verily God is powerful over all things.

  45. Thou art the One Who holdeth in His hands the dominions of earth and heaven.

  46. He is the One Who holdeth in His grasp the mighty kingdom of all created things and unto Him shall all return.

  47. Say: God sufficeth unto me; He is the One Who holdeth in His grasp the kingdom of all things.

  48. Why holdeth he that things external in the worship of God are not vera spiritualia?

  49. He is no nonconformist who holdeth ecclesiam in terris agere partes oratoris, seu legati obsecrantis et suadentis.

  50. The brother holdeth that Christ, as Mediator, hath instituted and placed the Christian magistrate, yea, and no other government, in his church.

  51. This is the first necessity of the duty which this text holdeth forth.

  52. That clause, “According to the word of God,” implieth, that the word of God holdeth forth such light unto us as may guide and direct us in the reformation of church government.

  53. These the Bishop doth unwittingly strike at it whilst he holdeth that such customs of the church are not exemplary, nor left to be imitated of us.

  54. The Doctor(407) holdeth him upon kneeling in receiving the sacramental elements, and denieth that it is scandalous, or any way inductive to spiritual ruin.

  55. That which hath been said in this argument holdeth good against significant ceremonies in general.

  56. Yet, if one would take his meaning so, I see not how he can be saved from contradicting himself; forasmuch as he holdeth that such things as pertain to faith and manners are particularly defined in the word.

  57. Help me to feel the hidden hand That ever holdeth mine.

  58. I am Istar, the ruler who holdeth her enemies in the hollow of her hand.

  59. Thou hast sneered at my power, set at naught my good-will, and refused to abandon all thought of return to thy land of evil, and the woman who holdeth thee entranced.


  60. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "holdeth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.