In-the-name-of Definition

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With appeal to; often used to introduce oaths.
In the name of all things sacred, please stop that screaming!
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By the authority of.
In the name of the law, come out with your hands up.
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Under the name or possession of.
He put the house in the name of his children.
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Under the designation or excuse of.
This repression is justified in the name of security.
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In-the-name-of Sentence Examples

  • A new judicial office was created in the name of the Company, to which Sir Elijah Impey was appointed, though he never consented to draw the additional salary offered to him.

  • On the 7th of March the diet of Kremsier was dissolved, and immediately afterwards a proclama- tion tion was issued in the name of the emperor Francis Joseph establishing a united constitution for the whole empire, of which Hungary, cut up into half a dozen administrative districts, was henceforth to be little more than the largest of several subject provinces.

  • What in the name of heaven and hell gave you that idea?

  • And what in the name of everything holy are you doing with a sword?

  • What in the name of everything holy was she doing?

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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Words Starting With I and Ending With F

Starts With I & Ends With FStarts With IN & Ends With FStarts With I & Ends With OF

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14 Letter Words14 Letter Words Starting With I14 Letter Words Ending With F