There is not the slenderest ground for such a theory.
The connexion many of them had with the church was of the slenderest kind, consisting mainly in adopting the name of abbe, after a remarkably moderate course of theological study, practising celibacy and wearing a distinctive dress - a short dark-violet coat with narrow collar.
The Power of Belief It is a long established truth of football that success and failure are usually separated by the slenderest of margins.