He convened a Synod at Rome; but the bishops maintained that the pope, the head of all, can be judged of none; yet the pope with twelve sponsors swore an oath of purgation and prayed for his accusers.
His tolerant disposition toward the Protestants was shown in 1830, by his refusing the demand of the Catholic clergy for a Reverse in mixed marriages, and recognising Protestant sponsors at Catholic baptisms.
I am sure Moses would have baptised me this morning, without waiting for sponsors or Lucca oil.
They told us, when we were baptised, that the Church did not allow a husband and wife to be sponsors to the same person.
The King informed the Queen of the dispatches that had been received, and of the sponsors who had been decided upon.
Other women novelists possessed their sponsors and devotees.
In no case shall men be allowed to stand as sponsors [saquen de pila] for women, or women for men, on account of the grave difficulties which have been experienced from this cause, especially among Indians.
Then he descends the platform, and each of the other candidates mounts in turn to be knighted with similar ceremonies, although the sponsors (drawn from relatives or connections) will be different.
Sidenote: The Buffet of Knighthood] The four sponsors step back.
Hence, when we trace back the history of the race to the dawn of civilization, we find that the first sponsors of art and science, commerce and manufacture, education and government, were the builders and supporters of public highways.
The first sponsors of art, science, and government were the builders of roads.
Thomas Brown was a name as insignificant as parents or sponsors could make it; but when, in the course of time, it swelled itself into Thomas Claudius Fitzwilliam Carnaby Browne, it was impossible to pass it unregarded.
It is too frequently the case that those very sponsors serve more devoutly, love more affectionately, and confide more heartily in the profits, honors and pleasures of the world than in the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
But in all candor, I confess that I never could believe they took this vow; their sponsors took it upon themselves to make it for them, and usually pledged themselves to see it fulfilled.
The elaborate vision of the Act's sponsors never was realized in the newly christened town, but there was in due course a slight resumption of activity in it.
But the law's sponsors were doomed to disappointment, for the towns were not built.
Lord and Lady Delaware were her sponsors and instructors in court etiquette.
At noon, certain officers of the Household attended the King of Prussia, who was joined by the other sponsors at the head of the grand staircase, to the chapel.
As a deadlock ensued the treaty was definitely rejected, owing to the failure of its sponsors to secure the requisite two-thirds vote.
In this spirit the sponsors of the Wilson tariff bill laid a tax upon all incomes of $4000 a year or more.
A still greater drop came four years later and the party gave up the ghost, its sponsors returning to their former allegiance or sulking in their tents.
The sponsors who got hold of commercial time with that expanded and souped-up version would expect, and get, an audience-rating unparalleled in history.
He was selling publicity for sponsors to hang their commercials on, in a strict parallel to Christopher Columbus' selling of spices to come.
His sponsorswere Baron Blomberg and Major Grabowski.
Samuel Collins, the Countess Lucy of Huntingdon, and other persons of high standing were sponsors by proxy.
Experience has demonstrated this so clearly that even the sponsors of the act now admit that it needs to be changed.
We will work closely with our coalition to deny terrorists and their state sponsors the materials, technology, and expertise to make and deliver weapons of mass destruction.
The sponsors present were his Majesty the King of Denmark, with his brother, Prince Frederick, and the Dowager Queen, Juliana Maria.
The Program sponsors group research projects on Thailand, on Indonesia, on the Philippines, and on the area’s Chinese minorities.
Nagtimbang mig pangúgus sa pyista, We were co-sponsors of a baptism during the town feast.
This does not imply, however, that the Jews were the forerunners or even the sponsors of the modern Press.
Besides the Queen, the sponsors were Lady Hardinge, Mr. Drummond, and Sir James Weir Hogg, the chairman of the East India Company.
Her sponsorswere the Duchesse d'Orleans, represented by the Duchess of Kent; the Duchess of Cambridge; and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
How hisSponsors Disagree—What Russian Publicists Say.
To my own knowledge some of these poor women have been denying themselves the actual necessities of life in order to be able to make as fine a showing for the graves which they have adopted as any of the wealthier sponsors could make.
The mania for asking persons of distinction to stand as sponsors was at its height during the reigns of the Tudor sovereigns.
Her sponsors were Mr Ferris, Helen Ive, and Isoult Avery.
But my sponsors did supply Better my necessity; They sustained my feeble life; They procured a bounteous wife As my nurse, who did not spare To my lips her paps to bear.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sponsors" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
