impedimenta

How To Use impedimenta In A Sentence

• Cultural practices have survived or fallen only in part because of their effect on the strength of the group, and those which have survived are usually burdened with unnecessary impedimenta.
• 'Not exactly,' said Guy; 'the "impedimenta" are, some at Varenna, some at the inn with Arnaud.' The Heir of Redclyffe
• And time too bursts back into my consciousness with all its impedimenta of mind and matter, rule and law. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
• As I carried considerable weight in my gown, about ten pounds of silver, our two revolvers, the telescope, our silver-lined tsamba basins and dry stockings for us both, Mr. Rijnhart cautioned me not to fall off, for with such impedimenta about me he could do nothing to save me. With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior
• Huic rogationi partim conscii sibi, alii ex partium invidia pericula metuentes, quoniam aperte resistere non poterant, quin illa et alia talia placere sibi faterentur, [238] occulte per amicos ac maxime per homines nominis Latini et socios Italicos impedimenta parabant. C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino
• Fascinating it was too: almost no plants, entirely taken over by garden impedimenta and decorative items for the home.
• You will see that there is a lot of impedimenta in even the highest level language.
• A few hours later, he had labored his way into the depths of the wilderness of miscellaneous impedimenta and found himself facing a cloudy window.
• Many ladies entirely spoil the sit of the skirts by retaining the usual impedimenta of petticoats.
• Anyway, we went for a curry and it was good to see him again, although I would have preferred it if your mother hadn't come; and I think he might have preferred that too, having managed to evade his own impedimenta for the evening.