deliverancen.
/dᵻˈlɪv(ə)rəns/, /dᵻˈlɪv(ə)rn̩s/, U.S. /dəˈlɪv(ə)rəns/, /diˈlɪv(ə)rəns/ I. Rescue, release, or liberation, and related senses.
1. † b. Law. The emptying of a prison of prisoners in order to bring them to trial at an assize court or (occasionally) another court; = jail-delivery n. 1a. Obsolete (historical in later use). rare.† c. Law. In the proceedings of a criminal trial: the release of a prisoner. Chiefly in to stand upon (also at, on) one's deliverance. See also God send you (also thee) a good deliverance at Phrases. Obsolete.It is possible that in later use this sense has been associated with the ‘true deliverance’ of the jury; see sense 3c.† d. Scottish. Freedom or permission to depart; the completion of a task entitling one to this. Obsolete.
a. The condition of being delivered (from, †of, or †out of confinement, evil, oppression, trouble, etc.); the action of delivering; liberation, rescue, release. Also: an instance of this. Frequently with reference to God conceived as liberating humankind from evil or danger; cf. deliverer n. 1.Sometimes spec.: the delivering of a person's soul from supposed demonic possession through exorcism, prayer, or counselling; cf. deliverance ministry n. at Compounds.
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the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun]
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c1300 St. Agatha (Laud) l. 118 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 197 A-serued heo hath to alle þe contreie deliueraunce of langour.
c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 4096 Sho..lete hym out at a wyndowe, so making his delyvrance.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cclxxv/2 That he shold praye to god for the delyueraunce of his sekenesse.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 408 On the behalfe of king Richard for his delyueraunce out of prison.
1647 J. Hart Trodden Down Strength 121 The vision of Gods deliverances, was for an appointed time.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 155 The greatest Deliverances I enjoy'd, such as my Escape from Sallee.
1833 Vermont Chron. 8 Nov. 180/2 Depravity..counteracts all the beneficial designs of Jehovah for its deliverance from sin and hell.
1957 Ess. in Crit. 7 311 I suppose that Mr. Conquest would not consider deliverance from the caprice of motorists, or even of wide boys and razor gangs, altogether undesirable for the free mind.
1999 Times 8 June i. 13/1 Each diocese has its own adviser on healing and ‘deliverance’, an ordained clergyman or woman who will occasionally be called on to carry out exorcisms.
2000 Church Times 14 July 32/2 History is rewritten as Americans in an act of anamnesis retell their deliverance from tyrannical King George in terms reminiscent of the Exodus.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > clearing of jail by bringing to trial
deliverancec1410
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c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 745 Þat þou graunt him me Til þe nexte sittyng of delyueraunce.
1487 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1487 §24. m. 11 The next generall gaolez deliveraunce of eny suche gaole.
1633 A. Munday et al. Stow's Surv. of London (new ed.) 921/2 The Maior not called thereto, as he is to the deliverance of Newgate, and other such Acts in the City.
1787 J. Reeves Hist. Eng. Law (ed. 2) IV. xxvii. 155 Sheriffs and keepers of gaols were to certify the names of their prisoners at the next goal-delivery, to be kalendared before the justices of the deliverance of the gaol.
1817 Morning Post 8 Sept. A reprehensible waste of the time allowed for the Assizes, which..would hardly prove sufficient for the deliverance of the gaol.
1906 Fenland Notes & Queries 6 82 A rule..remedied by 25 Geo. III., c. 18, A.D. 1785, which enacts that the deliverance of the gaol of Newgate is not to be determined because of the essoign day of the term and sitting of the Court of King's Bench at Westminster.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > acquittal or clearing of accusation > [noun]
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1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. lxxi. sig. hijv They desyre the deth..lyke as the prysonner desyreth good delyueraunce.
1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xxiii. 76 [Form of proclamation in court when no indictment is produced] A. B. prisoner standeth heere at the barre, if any man can say anything against him, let him now speake, for the prisoner standeth at his deliueraunce; if no man doe then come, hee is deliuered without any further proces or trouble. [In Budden's Latin transl. 1610: nam vinctus liberationem expectat, si nemo eum tum incusaverit, in libertatem pristinam asseritur.]
1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 35 For now the Prisoner [Col. Harrison] stands at the Bar upon his Deliverance.
1758 Genuine Acct. Proc. Trial F. Hensey 63 Look on the Prisoner at the Bar, who now stands on his Deliverance.
1865 Morning Post 16 Nov. 7/3 I have now to ask that the proclamation should be put upon the record, after the jury are sworn, that the prisoner stands on her deliverance.
1909 Derby Daily Tel. 22 Nov. The usher of the Court, who in swearing the jury remarked that ‘the prisoners now stand upon their deliverance’.
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1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 70 The harrold baid on to the xxty day..Be gude awys maid hys deliuerance.
c1550 Clariodus (1830) iv. 2482 The Ireland bischope, and the Erle also, [Hes] thair delyverance askit hame to go.
2. The process of childbirth; the act of giving birth. Also: the process or fact of being born; birth. Also figurative. Now rare.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery
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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4080 Mi wif..deied at þe deliueraunce of mi dere sone.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 13 Two women ffor to helpe hir at hir delyueraunce when tyme is.
1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 57v Within foure dayes after her deliueraunce, they tooke the child away from her.
1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade 190 Sulphurious Meteors fir'd in the wombs of clouds, break forth in their deliverance with amazement to mortals.
1754 S. Scott Journey through Life II. xx. 310 The continual Agitation of Emilia's Mind so impaired her Health, that before the expected Time of her Deliverance, she was reduced to such a very weak State of Health, that her Husband and supposed Son began to be under real Apprehensions for her Life.
1869 A. J. Davis Tale of Physician i. xvii. 57 Permit me, dear madam, to congratulate you on the successful deliverance of your baby.
2016 PNG Post-Courier (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 June 7 The Karkar Islanders believe that a child unborn in the womb..is shaped by a second bilum (string bag) that a mother weaves awaiting the deliverance of the child.
II. An utterance, emission, or discharge, and related senses.† 4. The discharge or flow of a substance (esp. a liquid) from a pipe, valve, or other opening. Obsolete.† 5. The quality of being able to move quickly and easily; nimbleness, agility; = delivery n. 9. Obsolete. rare.
3. † b. Roman History. A decree of the senate. Obsolete. rare.† d. In extended use: an informed opinion; a judgement or verdict. Obsolete.
a. Originally and chiefly Scots Law. A judicial decision; a judicial or administrative ruling or verdict in a legal action or other proceeding. Also more generally: a judgement or verdict pronounced by any deliberative body. N.E.D. (1895) notes: ‘in the Bankruptcy Act of 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 79 §4) deliverance is defined as including “any order, warrant, judgement, decision, interlocutor, or decree”. Hence the word has acquired a quasi-technical application to orders in bankruptcy proceedings’.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > judgement or decision of court
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1385 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Grandtully (1868) I. 140 In wytnesyng of al thyng..of my delyuerans as ful endyt dome.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vii. vi. l. 902 Off þat [he] Stablist, and made ordynance..and ful delyuerance.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 562 In this mater..Rycht sone I wald heir ȝour deliuerance.
a1649 W. Drummond Skiamachia in Wks. (1711) 194 We hope your Lordships will give us Leave..to remember your Lordships of your Deliverance, June the First, 1642.
1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 35 The Deliverance on the Bill is, Fiat ut petitur, to the —Day of —next to come.
1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 101 §75 The judgment or deliverance so pronounced shall form a valid and sufficient warrant for the preparation in Chancery of the writ.
1913 Aberdeen Daily Jrnl. 1 Nov. (Second ed.) 3/7 Is there a standing rule that the Corporation employees are prevented during their own hours..from taking any employment for the purpose of adding to their income?.. Has the Town Council ever given us a deliverance on the matter.
1994 Economist 21 May 35/2 This year's deliverance by the Board of Social Responsibility on homosexuality is especially controversial.
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c1540 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. iii. ii. 246 Thir novellis maid þe faderis sa astonist, þat þai vsit the samyn deliuerance þat þai vsit in extreme necessite.
c. In or with reference to the jurors' oath (of various countries) in a criminal trial. Probably: a verdict or decision. Chiefly in to make a true deliverance.Cf. note at sense 1c.Formerly used in Britain; now only in certain areas of the United States and in the countries of the British Commonwealth.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun] > decision of jury
verdict1297
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1620 H. Goodcole Londons Cry sig. B3v Vpon the holy Sacrament they doe protest, true, and truly to try, and true deliuerance make betweene our Soueraigne Lord the King, and the Prisoners at the Barre.
1787 Statutes State Vermont 105 You swear by the ever-living God, that without respect of persons, or favour of any man, you shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make, between the State of Vermont, and the prisoner at the bar.
1856 Courier (Hobart, Tasmania) 18 Aug. You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make, between the prisoner at the bar and our Sovereign Lady the Queen, and true verdict give according to the evidence which you shall hear, so help you God!
1998 C. S. Conrad Jury Nullification (2014) ix. 242 For the juror to make a ‘true deliverance’ between the King and the accused merely requires the juror to return a just and conscientious verdict.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > a judgement, ruling
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1847 T. De Quincey Milton v. Southey & Landor in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 255/1 Wordsworth never said the thing ascribed to him here as any formal judgment, or what the Scottish law would call deliverance.]
1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. 298 We cannot but attach great value to the deliberate deliverance of so impartial and so gifted a man.
1871 ‘S. Tytler‘ Sisters & Wives 154 Dr. Harris's deliverance was..that Mr. Duke was not looking very well.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iv. v. 147 Þere is none euaparacioun noþir deliueraunce of þe superfluyte.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 163 (MED) A round wyndowe abouen..ȝeueth hem light, And also þat serueth for delyuerance of smoke [Fr. et par ou la fume sen ist].
a1500 ( in J. S. Brewer Monumenta Franciscana (1858) 522 (MED) And in case that yt plese the sayd freers to bryng the rayne watter comyng from the churche thrugh the forsayd howses toward the high way, they shall have free yssew by gutters at ther plesor..the wych yssowes and delyverans of watter and dore abovesayd shal be made at the costes of the foresayd maire, Aldermen and comnalte.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §9 This Motion worketh..by way of Proofe and Search, which way to deliuer itself; And then worketh in progresse, where it [sc. water] findeth the Deliuerance easiest.
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the world > movement > bodily movement > [noun] > qualities of bodily movement > agility or nimbleness
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agility?a1475
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c1410 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) §452 Certis þe goodes of body ben hele of body, strengþe, deliuerance [c1405 Hengwrt delyuernesse], beaute, gentrie, fraunchises.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 165 Lusty of schaip, lycht of deliuerance.
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a. The action of reporting or stating something; communication, statement. Cf. delivery n. 10. Now rare.Apparently unattested in the 18th cent.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun]
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society > communication > information > reporting > [noun]
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1431 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 276 To make a trewe delyueraunce of swiche goodys as thei receyue.
1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxix. 142 And to Venus he made delyueraunce Of his complayne.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. G4v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Doth not the very deliuerance of your owne fact condemne you?
1613 T. Adams White Deuil 3 If there wanted nothing in the deliuerance.
1824 Examiner 15 Aug. 513/1 There is a calm unbiased appearance of veracity in the deliverance of facts, which renders theory of very little consequence.
1878 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 31 Aug. 332/2 The medical man..can estimate..how largely the public health and security are concerned in not allowing the such deaths to pass without comment, without a public deliverance of the facts surrounding them.
1967 Chicago Daily Defender 11 Nov. 11/3 To sell them [sc. newspapers] with the new journalistic technique, there must be nothing sacred, a deliverance of the truth, sholely [sic] and simply.
b. The action of uttering words; utterance, enunciation. Cf. delivery n. 7. rare in the 17th and 18th centuries.Chiefly with modifying adjective denoting the manner or quality of the utterance.
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the mind > language > speech > [noun]
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the spoken word1832
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > delivery
deliverance1553
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > voice-production
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1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 119 Singyng plaine song, & counterfeityng those that do speake distinctly, helpe muche to haue a good deliueraunce.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. i. 97 At each words deliuerance.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxx. ix. 397 For his speech, readie he was ynough in quicke deliverance.
1825 Manch. Mercury 8 Mar. We glow as we contemplate his polished and energetic deliverance.
1903 Rev. of Reviews Nov. 465/1 I remember writing to Mr. Gladstone after hearing it [sc. the speech],..concerning the painful contrast between the enthusiasm of Blackheath and the stumbling deliverance at Keighley.
2012 Stanford Daily (Stanford Univ., Calif.) (Nexis) 18 May 1 The steady deliverance of his words.
c. An utterance or speech, esp. one of a formal or authoritative nature.
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the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken
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1845 G. Gilfillan Gallery Lit. Portraits 252 While Coleridge and Carlyle are the prophets of the coming age, the events of which will expound much that is obscure in their deliverances, Brougham seeks only, at the light of the past, to live and move in the present.
1879 M. Arnold Fr. Crit. Milton in Mixed Ess. 241 Macaulay's writing..often..is really obscure, if one takes his deliverances seriously.
1905 Quiver 924/1 The high rank of the speaker, his distinguished position in the world of science, and his extraordinary popularity in society, combine to give a distinction to his deliverance upon alcohol.
1932 A. Verney Rationalist Evol. ii. 24 This courteous and informed deliverance invited a similar spirit in reply and comment.
2008 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 17 Oct. g2 Prince Charles has made something of a career of attacking British modern and post-modern architecture. Most of his deliverances on these topics are not to be taken seriously.
III. The action or an act of handing over or surrendering, and related senses.delivery n. III. is the more common term for senses in this branch.† 7. The action or an act of giving up possession of a person or thing (esp. a castle, town, prisoner, etc.); surrender. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > defeat > [noun] > surrender
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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 373 For þe delyueraunce of þe advoketes and ditoures.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. 3922 I am not bonden to mak deliuerance.
a1500 (a1470) Brut (BL Add. 10099) 516 (MED) Þei desired to haue execucion on þem þat wer cause of þe delyuerance of Normandy.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xixv The kyng openly saied that if they wolde not deliuer them [sc. prisoners], he woulde take them without deliuerance.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 227 The King of England sent his Ambassade to the King of Scottes, desyryng him to make deliuerance of the towne of Barwike.
1660 A. Moore Compend. Hist. Turks 23 The Turk upon deliverance of the Castle to him, set all at liberty.
8. The action of conveying and handing over something, esp. the action of a courier in delivering letters, parcels, or goods; an instance of this. Also figurative: the action of providing or imparting something, esp. something that is promised or expected. Now rare.second deliverance: see first element.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] > handing over or giving up to another
liverya1325
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5045 He made del [i] ueraunce þer of corne.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 404 Eer than the receyuer make execucioun or delyuerance of the thing or deede bi him ȝouun.
1528 J. Tyball in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xvii. 38 After the delyverance of the sayd New Testament to them.
1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 35 The Sheriffe did not make deliverance of 400 sheepe.
1841 Rep. Postmaster-General (U.S.) 452 Letters have frequently been dropped into this [Philadelphia] office, from Boston, New York [etc.], for deliverance by our carriers.
1891 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 6 May 7/1 By marshalling their trains on the storage ground..they would be able to arrange for running into the city as early as six in the morning and so secure early deliverance of goods.
1999 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 28 July 16/3 She had complained about being over-charged, being served with the wrong food orders and the delay in the deliverance of services.
Phrases
God send you (also thee) a good deliverance: said by the clerk of a court in response to a prisoner on trial pleading not guilty, perhaps to wish him or her a fair trial or a speedy release; cf. senses 1c and 3c.
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1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 21 Th. Harrison. I do offer my self to be Tried in your own way, by God, and my Countrey. Clerk. God send you a good Deliverance.
1781 Polit. Mag. & Parl., Naval, Mil. & Lit. Jrnl. Jan. 45/1 Clerk—‘How will you be tried?’ Ld. G. Gordon—‘By God and my country.’ Clerk— ‘God send you a good deliverance.’
1958 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 2 335 If he says, ‘Not guilty,’ then the Clerk must say, ‘Culprit, how will you be tried?’ And if he says ‘By God and the Country,’ then the Clerk must say, ‘God send you a good deliverance.’
Compounds
deliverance minister n. Christian Church (originally and chiefly U.S.) (originally in the charismatic movement) a minister responsible for delivering people's souls from supposed demonic possession through exorcism, prayer, or counselling.
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society > faith > worship > exorcism > [noun] > one who performs
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deliverance minister1955
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > exorcism of > exorcist
exorcistc1384
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deliverance minister1955
1955 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 19 Nov. (Home ed.) 9/3 (advt.) Rev. Albert W. Webster... He is a deliverance minister.
2011 K. Ellis Kissing Demons viii. 65 His role was the Diocesan exorcist—or, Deliverance Minister as he preferred to be called.
deliverance ministry n. Christian Church (originally and chiefly U.S.) (originally in the charismatic movement) the action or office of delivering people's souls from supposed demonic possession through exorcism, prayer, or counselling; (also) an institution dedicated to this.
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society > faith > worship > exorcism > [noun]
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deliverance ministry1953
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deliverance ministry1953
1953 Estherville (Iowa) Daily News 14 Jan. (advt.) Healing and deliverance ministry every night this week. Everyone welcome.
1972 D. Basham Deliver us from Evil xiii. 159 It was still, no matter how often we saw it, a remarkable thing to witness the transformation that took place under the deliverance ministry.
2009 M. Blumenthal Republican Gomorrah xix. 234 Haggard and his family, meanwhile, had departed to the Phoenix Dream Center, a ‘deliverance ministry’ where what Haggard called ‘broken people’ such as prostitutes and drug addicts were treated and ‘restored’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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