Preposition
in place of
instead of
I spent my entire life in sickness and sorrows, but without sorrows, how can one be saved? Illness is sent by God in place of and to make up for the deficiency of our struggles. I see that my ill health is a gift of God - His epitimia, His mercy... Ignatius Bryanchaninov
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion. Ambrose Bierce
Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral context. Steven Erikson
In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art. Susan Sontag
In a world that daily disconnects further from truth, more and more people accept the virtual in place of the real, and all things virtual are also malleable. Dean Koontz
It's just a wisp in place of a brush. Irish Proverb