Definition of "flatteries" []

• Plural form of flattery. (noun)

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• "In afflictions, relatives and opponents combine with the ease-loving heart itself in flatteries, which it needs strong faith to overcome. yourselves know -- We always candidly told you so (1Th 3: 4; Ac 14: 22)."
• ""Let not their precious oil" -- that is, their flatteries and soothings in sin "break my head; 'but let the reproofs of the righteous preserve me."
• "And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking!"