Assertion: convent | /r/CapableOf | play small part
Facets:
value: in the spread of civilization
type: TEMPORAL
value: just as formerly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The convents thus were always homes of industry, and just as formerly they played no small part in the spread of civilization, so now they are almost indispensable handmaids to the cause of the Catholic Church.
text: The convents thus were always homes of industry, and just as formerly they played no small part in the spread of civilization, so now they are almost indispensable handmaids to the cause of the Catholic Church.