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scruple-shops

scruple-shops is the plural of scruple-shop.

Meaning of scruple-shop

Noun

scruple-shop (plural scruple-shops)

  1. (obsolete) A place where religious matters are debated, particularly with the aim of relieving participants of their scruples of conscience.
    • The cure for diseased consciences is not to be found in a “scruple shop,” but in the love and care of the great Physician.1771, John Wesley, Works, volume 2, page 129

Questions about scruple-shops

What is scruple-shops the plural of?
Scruple-shops is the plural of scruple-shop.

Words near scruple-shops in the dictionary

  1. scrunting
  2. scrunts
  3. scrunty
  4. scruple
  5. scruple-shop
  6. scruple-shops
  7. scrupled
  8. scrupleless
  9. scruplelessness
  10. scrupler
  11. scruplers

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