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  • Whereas the Greek word "kurios" had a range of meanings, from a title of respect, to a title of leadership, to a name for the sacred, the English translation "Lord" refers specifically to a male European land baron.

    Jim Rigby: Christians Who Want Democracy Must Stop Bowing to a Dictator Christ 2008

  • Whereas the English word has remained a technical term in philosophy and theology, unknown I would venture to say to 99.9% of the speakers of the language, the Russian word has entered common use in the extended sense 'role, capacity'—the only definition in Katzner.

    languagehat.com: HYPOSTASIS. 2005

  • Whereas the French word is enfante as much to say borne as a child, in another verse he saith.

    The Arte of English Poesie 1569

  • Whereas this is the English word that translates the German word in common usage, it is altogether clear that this is not the word that Heidegger is saying with 'Ereignis.'

    enowning enowning 2008

  • Whereas this is the English word that translates the German word in common usage, it is altogether clear that this is not the word that Heidegger is saying with 'Ereignis.'

    Archive 2008-05-01 enowning 2008

  • Whereas the Russian word ruka includes everything from fingers to shoulder, the English hand only goes as far as the wrist.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • Whereas the Russian word ruka includes everything from fingers to shoulder, the English hand only goes as far as the wrist.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • Here's hoping they include their sly, angular take on "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (as heard on their 2006 album "Whereas").

    A Tour of Jazz Heroes, With a Ride on the Coltrane 2010

  • "Whereas," Idalia finished, with a wan smile, "something that is an ongoing offense to the eye and an irritation to the senses of all beholders, like an ill-fitting tunic, is a fault that should be corrected immediately."

    Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

  • This resolution, reintroduced in the current congress as H.Res. 397, is packed with a seventy-five "Whereas" clause litany of Christian nationalist historical revisionism.

    Chris Rodda: The Idiocy of Texas and the Threat of David Barton 2009

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