Search for: Church body
3001 Etymology dictionary, p. grave (n.).2
… Old Church Slavonic grobu "grave, tomb," and perhaps from a PIE root *ghrebh- (2) "to dig, to scratch, to scrape," related to Old English grafan "to dig" (see grave (v.)). Or perhaps …
3002 Etymology dictionary, p. host (n.3).2
… in Church Latin to Christ, in Medieval Latin to the consecrated bread.
3003 Etymology dictionary, p. *kwel- (1).4
… ;" Old Church Slavonic kolo, Old Russian kolo, Polish koło, Russian koleso "a wheel."
3004 Etymology dictionary, p. lake (n.1).2
… *laku- "body of water, lake, sea" (source also of Greek lakkos "pit, tank, pond," Old Church Slavonic loky "pool, puddle, cistern," Old Irish loch "lake, pond"). The common notion …
3005 Etymology dictionary, p. member (n.).4
… the Church as the "Body of Christ"). Meaning "one who has been elected to parliament" is from early 15c.
3006 Etymology dictionary, p. militant (adj.).3
… in Church militant (early 15c., chirche militans ), which is the Church on earth, seen as engaged in warfare with the devil, the flesh, and worldly powers of temptation …
3007 Etymology dictionary, p. moon (n.).2
… ;" Old Church Slavonic meseci, Lithuanian mėnesis "moon, month;" Old Irish mi, Welsh mis, Breton miz "month"), from root *me- (2) "to measure" in reference to the moon's phases …
3008 Etymology dictionary, p. narthex (n.).2
… early churches," the end furthest from the sanctuary (used by penitents not admitted to the body of the church), 1670s, from Late Greek narthex, in classical Greek …
3009 Etymology dictionary, p. person (n.).3
… in Church Latin of the classical word. Meanings "one's physical being, the living body" and "external appearance" are from late 14c. In grammar, "one of the relations …
3010 Etymology dictionary, p. presbytery (n.).2
… the church appropriated to the clergy." Meaning "body of elders in the Presbyterian system" is recorded from 1570s.
3011 Etymology dictionary, p. ring (n.2).2
… of church bells," from ring (v.1). The meaning "a call on the telephone" is from 1900; to give (someone) a ring (up) "call on the telephone" was in use by 1910. Meaning "a ringing …
3012 Etymology dictionary, p. settle (n.).2
… ," Old Church Slavonic sedlo "saddle," Old English sadol "saddle"), from root *sed- (1) "to sit."
3013 Etymology dictionary, p. sheela-na-gig (n.).2
… Romanesque churches of France and northern Spain. Their theories that it is meant to degrade the female body and discourage sexuality, or that it is meant …
3014 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritualty (n.).2
… national church, an ecclesiastical body," from Old French espiritualte, espirituaute, variants of spiritualite, from Late Latin spiritualitatem (see spirituality …
3015 Etymology dictionary, p. steeple (n.).3
… "a church edifice," to avoid in that sense church, which had with them a more restricted meaning "the body of believers."
3016 Etymology dictionary, p. trunk (n.1).2
… a church," also "trunk of a tree, trunk of the human body, wooden block" (12c.), from Latin truncus "trunk of a tree, trunk of the body," of uncertain origin, probably originally …
3017 Etymology dictionary, p. unicorn (n.).3
… , Old Church Slavonic ino-rogu. Old English used anhorn as a loan-translation of Latin unicornis .
3018 Etymology dictionary, p. vampire (n.).2
… Old Church Slavonic ǫpiri, ǫpyri (source also of Serbian vampir, Bulgarian vapir, Ukrainian uper ), said by Slavic linguist Franc Miklošič to be ultimately …
3019 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the New Testament.7
… His church through the Ascension and the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. It is possible that the word "life-giving" may also include a reference to the …
3020 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adorn.4
… the body, its use here becomes very forceful. It is this that makes Psalms 45:13 of special significance as to the beauty and glory of the church as she is presented …