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57 Christianity and/or Biblical vocabulary words

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orgulous

help with synonyms synonyms: supercilious, imperious, vainglorious, grandiloquent, high-toned, turgid, tumescent, fustian, orotund, overweening, ~hauteur, thrasonical ???
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Definition:
Proud; haughty. [Obs.]

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Old man," he began in his suave thick voice, which he means to be friendly, which to me seems orgulous with triumph. "Seems to me you're about due for a rest."

Henry J. Forman. The Man Who Lived in a Shoe (1922)
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Then spake young Stephen orgulous of mother Church that would cast him out of her bosom, of law of canons, of Lilith, patron of abortions, of bigness wrought by wind of seeds of brightness or by potency of vampires mouth to mouth

James Joyce. Ulysses
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Launcelot and his knights rescued her, and in doing it slew certain good old friends of yours and mine—in fact, some of the best we ever had; to wit, Sir Belias le Orgulous, Sir Segwarides, Sir Griflet le Fils de Dieu, Sir Brandiles, Sir Aglovale—

Mark Twain. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889)
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