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• He did not rest content with a mere strict fulfilment of the pecuniary obligations to the Church to which the Concordat had bound the State; in 1803 and 1804 it became the custom to pay stipends to canons and desservants of succursal parishes. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
• he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services
• This was frequently denounced by critics of the democracy on the grounds that it introduced a pecuniary motive.
• Again, if it is to be left to the parent's taste, and pecuniary means to clothe their children as they please and as they can, the one in braided broad-cloth and velvet cap, and the other in thread-bare homespun, will they meet as friends and equals? Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
• It is likewise astonishing that people select homes, mostly for pecuniary betterment, when their children will mate or mismate with those whom they are thus thrown. Country life in Georgia in the days of my youth,
• The research is based on the theories of liberal of education and social justice. It has a better approach about the theory of pecuniary aid by investigating two private colleges in Wuhan.
• Mineralogy _-alogy_, not _-ology_ nature _nature_, or _choor_ oleomargarine _g_ is hard, as in _get_ orchid _orkid_ oust _owst_, not _oost_ peculiar _peculyar_ pecuniary _pekun'yari_ perspiration not _prespiratian_ prestige _pres'tij_ or _prestezh'_ pronunciation _pronunzeashun_ or _pronunsheashun_ saucy not _sassy_ schedule _skedyul_ semi not _semi_ theater _the'ater_ not _thea'ter_ turgid _turjid_ usage _uzage_ usurp _uzurp_ vermilion _vermilyun_ wife's not _wives_ Practical Grammar and Composition
• Spencer slurred the word " pecuniary ," but I didn't correct his pronunciation. THE SEASON OF LILLIAN DAWES
• Jerrold denied introducing Blake, either to Mr Dermott or to Colonel Howard, with any intention of pecuniary advantage to anyone. TANK OF SERPENTS
• Awards of damages are primarily intended to compensate for loss, whether pecuniary or non-pecuniary.