"These women enfranchised 52 percent of the population, and they question the historical merit?"

The popular derivation from the French "barre à choir" is without historical merit.

Literary or historical merit seems to count.

Today, Jinnō Shōtōki stands on its own literary and historical merits.

That, it should be said, is not without historical merit: it is exactly what a performance in Haydn's day would have been.

One is that it is named after the head of the first settlers in the village, Petǎr, however with little historical merit.

Although popular, the story has little historical merit.

Some suggested the royal couple would have set a better example by refurbishing an existing house of historical merit.

The Divan continues to be analyzed for its historical, philosophical, and literary merit.

Snyder said the club had submitted Rousmaniere's treatise for its historical merit.