All 3 Uses of
rebuke
in
Beloved
- all that had been mocked and rebuked by the bloodspill in her backyard.
Part 1 *rebuked = criticized severely
- Lonely and rebuked.†
Part 1
- Her authority in the pulpit, her dance in the Clearing, her powerful Call (she didn't deliver sermons or preach--insisting she was too ignorant for that--she called and the hearing heard)--all that had been mocked and rebuked by the bloodspill in her backyard.†
Part 2
Definition:
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(rebuke) criticize severely; or such criticism