Rejoicings
[rɪd'ʒɔɪsɪŋz]
Examples
- There were rejoicings at home on other birthdays, as I knew from what I heard the girls relate to one another--there were none on mine. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The first public display of its illuminating power was made at the rejoicings for the peace of Amiens, in 1802, on which occasion part of the work-shops of Messrs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He returned to the village amidst the rejoicings of his fellow clansmen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their repeal was greeted by riotous rejoicings in London, more hearty even than those in the colonies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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