7 sentences with 'behalf'
Example sentences and phrases with the word behalf and other words derived from it.
• « Far more common, however, were labourers or artisans of all kinds, who made things and then sold them on behalf of their masters. »
• « The whole system was closely linked to the priesthoods of the Roman gods, who performed divinations and blessings on behalf of the city. »
• « The Carthaginians sent a fleet to intervene on behalf of the Messinians, but the latter asked Rome for help as well (a kind of betrayal from Carthage's perspective). »
• « The Byzantines believed that God oversaw Constantinople and that the Virgin Mary interceded with God on behalf of the city. »
• « The growing importance of Mary in Christian practice led to a new approach to charity within the Church, as she was believed to intervene on behalf of supplicants without the need for recompense. »
• « Moreover, the indulgence could be purchased on behalf of those who were already dead and "take them out" of purgatory in one fell swoop. »