Canting
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cant.

2. (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.

3. (n.) The use of cant; hypocrisy.

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Happiness and goodness, according to canting moralists, stand in ...
... III. Happiness and goodness, according to canting moralists, stand in the
relation of effect and cause. There was never anything ...
//christianbookshelf.org/stevenson/a christmas sermon/iii.htm

Useful Phrases
... cantankerous enemy. canting hypocrite [canting = monotonous platitudes; hypocritically
pious]. capacious mind. capricious allurements. captivating speech. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section i useful phrases.htm

Are You Mocked?
... And what, what do they say, Why, "It's all canting talk." I do not particularly
know what that means, but if ever Christian men are accused of being cants ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/are you mocked.htm

Essay i. Fortuna Plerumque Est Veluti Galaxia Quarundam Obscurarum ...
... REPLY. For shame! dear friend, renounce this canting strain; What would'st thou
have a good great man obtain? Place? titles? salary? a gilded chain? ...
/.../confessions of an inquiring spirit etc/essay i fortuna plerumque est.htm

Book x. It is Manifest that There is Nothing which Men have ever ...
... They confirm the falsehoods of pretended godliness, for a canting hypocrisy always
succeeds to defection from the faith: so that at least in word the reverence ...
/.../hilary/the life and writings of st hilary of poitiers/book x it is manifest.htm

Moody Asks a Few Questions.
... The boy said his father would never allow the canting hypocrites of Christians to
come into his house, and would never allow his child to go to Sunday-school. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/moody asks a few questions.htm

Proposition that the Self-Existent Being must be Eternal.
... mensura propria, yet in mensura aliena. The schoolmen have much more of this
jargon and canting language. I envy no man the understanding ...
/.../v proposition v that the.htm

The God of the Aged
... to have sacrificed our sacred service to some new method; but since we find ourselves
bowing like our fathers, with the same prayers, and canting the same ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/the god of the aged.htm

Here is the Sum of My Examination Before Justice Keelin, Justice ...
... For ever blessed be His holy name! Keel. Justice Keelin called this pedler's French,
saying, that I must leave off my canting. The Lord open his eyes! Bun. ...
/.../bunyan/grace abounding to the chief of sinners/here is the sum of.htm

The Murderous Rejection.
... done for the poor! Thoughtless, improvident woman! Strange the word
didn't blister on his canting lips. John keenly sees that his ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the murderous rejection.htm

Thesaurus
Canting (1 Occurrence)
... n.) of Cant. 2. (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious
terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone. ...
/c/canting.htm - 7k

Thirsting (7 Occurrences)
... thirsting for my blood"? (WEY). 2 Peter 2:3 Thirsting for riches, they will
trade on you with their canting talk. From of old their ...
/t/thirsting.htm - 8k

Chant (2 Occurrences)
... It is the most ancient form of choral music. 8. (n.) A psalm, etc., arranged for
chanting. 9. (vt) Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. Int. ...
/c/chant.htm - 8k

Capability (1 Occurrence)

/c/capability.htm - 7k

Canticles

/c/canticles.htm - 6k

Slumbering (3 Occurrences)
... Son of Man." (WEY). 2 Peter 2:3 Thirsting for riches, they will trade on
you with their canting talk. From of old their judgement ...
/s/slumbering.htm - 7k

Riches (118 Occurrences)
... moth-eaten. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV). 2 Peter 2:3 Thirsting for riches,
they will trade on you with their canting talk. From of ...
/r/riches.htm - 41k

Talk (164 Occurrences)
... of foolish persons. (WEY NIV). 2 Peter 2:3 Thirsting for riches, they will
trade on you with their canting talk. From of old their ...
/t/talk.htm - 36k

Judgement (68 Occurrences)
... reject God's Good News? (WEY). 2 Peter 2:3 Thirsting for riches, they will
trade on you with their canting talk. From of old their ...
/j/judgement.htm - 26k

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Concordance
Canting (1 Occurrence)

2 Peter 2:3
Thirsting for riches, they will trade on you with their canting talk. From of old their judgement has been working itself out, and their destruction has not been slumbering.
(WEY)

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Canting

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Thirsting (7 Occurrences)

Chant (2 Occurrences)

Capability (1 Occurrence)

Canticles

Slumbering (3 Occurrences)

Riches (118 Occurrences)

Talk (164 Occurrences)

Judgement (68 Occurrences)

Itself (203 Occurrences)

Working (205 Occurrences)

Trade (33 Occurrences)

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