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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pertain.

Etymologies

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pertain +‎ -eth

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Examples

  • Deuteronomy 22: 5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. that He was being legalistic or just focusing on clothing and not on the soul.

    Blue Dress Painting 2009

  • “I call Allah to witness, O Commander of the Faithful, that this damsel is more learned than I in theology and what pertaineth to the Law.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • “I wonder to which of the Kings this place pertaineth, or is it Many – Columned Iram whereof they tell, for who among mortals can avail to the like of this?”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Then she set on the drinking vessels and lighted the candles and ordered to bring dried fruits and sweet meats and all that pertaineth to drinking.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Koranist383 saw her pass on in speech with the passage of the clouds and that she stayed not in reply, he rose to his feet and said, “I take Allah to witness, O Commander of the Faithful, that this damsel is more learned than I in Koranic exegesis and what pertaineth thereto.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Deut. 22: 5 says: "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God."

    (Rethinking) Gender 2007

  • That the fathers of Israel were quick to perceive the tortuous ramifications of this vice is proved by a passage in Deuteronomy, chap. 22, verse .5: "the woman shall not wear that which pertaineth to a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abominations unto the Lord thy God."

    Satyricon 2007

  • And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

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