arraigning

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arraigning

  1. present participle and gerund of arraign

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arraigning (plural arraignings)

  1. An arraignment.
    • 1871, Thomas Carlyle, The life of John Sterling, page 232:
      By no chance did you ever hear from him a whisper of those mean repinings, miserable arraignings and questionings of the Eternal Power, such as weak souls even well disposed will sometimes give way to in the pressure of their despair []