But whether this custom were not superstitiously founded, as presumed an amulet or defensative against fascination, is not beyond all doubt.
Accordingly, they superstitiously imagined that these avail not for discipline before the Church, but for appeasing God.
This evil was derived from the opinions of monks superstitiously praising celibacy [and proclaiming the married estate as a life that would be a great obstacle to salvation, and full of sins].
Allowing what GOD hath forbidden, and superstitiously abstaining from what he hath allowed.
It is not improbable that this story may owe its rise to the known hatred borne by the Samaritans to the Jews, and their superstitiously avoiding to have any commerce with them, or any other strangers.
The word also signifies certain stones, which the pagan Arabs used to set up near their houses, and on which they superstitiously slew animals, in honour of their gods.
In ancient times, eclipses were, and among unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of which occasional use is made in literature.
A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death.
A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death.
He wanted to save the Château Lontana from ruin, and felt superstitiously that the interest he would find in such a task might redeem him from the desolation which, like a high wall, rose between him and life.
The ancientssuperstitiously believed that this pebble was found in the eagle's nest, and that the eggs could not be hatched without its assistance.
The woman part of me he postponed superstitiously till his cause should be won.
They had reached Brest-Litovsk, the city fatal to the Russians, which the Czar had always superstitiously avoided.
At the Norris Geyser basin the noise is extraordinary, and people who are superstitiously inclined are awed at the rumblings and grumblings which seem to issue from the bowels of the earth.
He had been caught in storms in mountain regions and deep valleys before, but he had never felt so terribly alone or so superstitiously alarmed as on this occasion.
The legality of isolated figures, whether painted or sculptured, depends on whether from their character and position there is no likelihood of their being superstitiously reverenced.
In pulling down those of Alexandria, the cruel mysteries of Mithra were discovered, and in the secret Adyta were found the heads of many infants cut off, cruelly mangled, and superstitiously painted.
FN#9] The road also passes near a spot where was formerly a well which is superstitiously supposed to be something unholy and cursed by the Prophet himself.
In the same way many people do cruel and vile things without being in the least cruel or vile, because the routine to which they have been brought up is superstitiously cruel and vile.
In Caledonia dovecots or doocats are still superstitiously maintained: there may be a connection between doocat and the "Dowgate" Hill which neighbours the present Cathedral of St. Paul.
Chance or accident has placed these lights on high, Adonijah, which you superstitiously ascribe to the hand of an unknown God.
The Mosquito Indians of Central America studiously and superstitiously avoid mentioning the name of the dead, in this regard resembling those of our own country.
At no other time is the departed referred to, the very mention of his name beingsuperstitiously avoided.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "superstitiously" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
