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Date "CORNER-STONE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Corner-stone (The). The chief corner-stone. A large stone laid at the base of a building to strengthen the two walls forming a right angle. These stones in some ancient buildings were as much as twenty feet long and eight feet thick. Christ is called (in Eph. ii. 20) the chief corner-stone because He united the Jews and Gentiles into one family. Daughters are called corner-stones (Psalm cliv. 12) because, as wives and mothers, they unite together two families. In argument, the minor premise is the chief corner-stone. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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 | AntiMasonic Convention in Valdimor [on the] corner-stone march. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Laying the corner-stone of the Soldiers' Monument at Gettysburg, July 4, 1865. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
J. Davis | Truthfulness is a corner-stone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will ever after be a weak spot in the foundation. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | An oppressed class under the sway of the feudal nobility, an armed and self-governing association in the mediaeval commune; here independent urban republic (as in Italy and Germany), there taxable "third estate" of the monarchy (as in France), afterwards, in the period of manufacture proper, serving either the semi-feudal or the absolute monarchy as a counterpoise against the nobility, and, in fact, corner-stone of the great monarchies in general, the bourgeoisie has at last, since the establishment of Modern Industry and of the world-market, conquered for itself, in the modern representative State, exclusive political sway. (reference) |
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| "CORNER-STONE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CORNER-STONE" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
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| Language | Translations for "CORNER-STONE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kulmakivi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orner-stonecay краеугольный камень (cornerstone, head stone, headstone, keystone). (various references) cơ sở (basal, base, foundation, fundament, fundamental, groundwork, underlying), viên đá góc, viên đá đặt nền, nền tảng (base, foundation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Ephesians Chapter 2, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | EpoikodomhqenteV epi tw qemeliw twn apostolwn kai profhtwn ontoV akrogwniaiou autou ihsou cristou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Superaedificati super fundamentum apostolorum et prophetarum ipso summo angulari lapide Christo Iesu |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Aboue bildid on the foundement of apostlis and of profetis, vpon that hiyeste corner stoon, Crist Jhesu; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And are bilt apon the foundacion of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christ beynge the heed corner stone |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone, |
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| Language | Ephesians Chapter 2, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Kamo mga tinukod ibabaw sa patukoranan nga mao ang mga apostoles ug mga profeta, nga niini si Jesu-Cristo mao ang ulohang bato sa pamag-ang. |
| Croatian | nazidani na temelju apostola i proroka, a zaglavni je kamen sam Krist Isus. |
| Danish | opbyggede på Apostlenes og Profeternes Grundvold, idet Hovedhjørnestenen er Kristus Jesus selv, |
| Dutch | Gebouwd op het fondament der apostelen en profeten, waarvan Jezus Christus is de uiterste Hoeksteen; |
| Finnish | apostolien ja profeettain perustukselle rakennettuja, kulmakivenä itse Kristus Jeesus, |
| French | Vous avez été édifiés sur le fondement des apôtres et des prophètes, Jésus Christ lui-même étant la pierre angulaire. |
| German | erbaut auf den Grund der Apostel und Propheten, da Jesus Christus der Eckstein ist, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalian pun dibangun di atas dasar yang diletakkan oleh rasul-rasul dan nabi-nabi, dengan Kristus Yesus sebagai batu yang terutama. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dibangunkan di atas alas segala rasul dan nabi-nabi, maka batu penjurunya itulah Kristus Yesus sendiri. |
| Latvian | Kas uzcelti uz apustuïu un pravieðu pamata, bet galvenais stûrakmens ir Kristus Jçzus. |
| Maori | He mea hanga ki runga ki te turanga o nga apotoro ratou ko nga poropiti, ko Ihu Karaiti ano hei tino kamaka mo te kokonga; |
| Norwegian | I som er bygget op på apostlenes og profetenes grunnvoll, mens hjørnestenen er Kristus Jesus selv, |
| Rumanian | fiind zidiyi pe temelia apostolilor wi proorocilor, piatra din capul unghiului fiind Isus Hristos. |
| Shuar | Atum uunt jea jeamma Núnisaitrume. Uunt jea jeamtin, emka kaya apujtuktiniaiti jea ti wewe Atí tusa. Núnisan yaunchu Yúsnan etserniusha tura Kristu akatramurisha Yus-Chichaman etserainiak Imiá nekas Enentáimtustinia nuna apujtukarmiayi. Tura Ashí nujai nankaamas Jesukrístu Enentáimtustiniaiti. |
| Swahili | Mmejengwa juu ya msingi uliowekwa na mitume na manabii, naye Kristo mwenyewe ndiye jiwe kuu la msingi. |
| Swedish | uppbyggda på apostlarnas och profeternas grundval, där hörnstenen är Kristus Jesus själv, |
| Uma | Kita' to mpangala' Yesus ma'ala rarapai' -ki tomi to nawangu Alata'ala. Suro-suro Pue' Yesus pai' nabi-nabi, hira' -mi pongkoto' watu pai' tuha' -na. Pai' Kristus Yesus, Hi'a-mi parawatu. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cornerstone, nonsecretor. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-n-n-o-o-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: rencontres. | |
-2 letters: consenter, cretonnes, rencontre, rotenones. | |
-3 letters: centners, centones, conenose, connotes, coroners, coronets, creosote, cretonne, crooners, ecotones, enterons, erectors, notornes, oestrone, onscreen, rotenone, secretor, tenoners. | |
-4 letters: cenotes, centers, centner, centres, conners, connote, consent, consort, cooters, corners, cornets, coroner, coronet, crooner, crotons, ecotone, encores, enroots, enteron, erector, estrone, necrose, rectors, rennets, renters, rescore, restore, rooster. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-n-n-o-o-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: cornerstones, nonsecretors, nonsecretory, reconnoiters, reconnoitres. | |
+2 letters: correspondent, countertenors. | |
+3 letters: correspondents, neurosecretion, nonintercourse, nonsecretories, reconsecration, serotoninergic. | |
+4 letters: counterresponse, interconversion, neurosecretions, nonintercourses, reconsecrations, reconsideration. | |
+5 letters: counterreactions, counterresponses, interconversions, reconcentrations, reconsiderations. | |
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