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Patriarch

Definitions: Patriarch

Patriarch

Noun

1. The head of family or tribe.

2. Any of the early Biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race.

3. A man who is older and higher in rank than yourself.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "patriarch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Etymology: Patriarch \Pa"tri*arch\, noun. [French expression patriarche, from Latin expression patriarcha, Greek, from lineage, especially on the father's side, race; father leader, chief, from to lead, rule. See Father, Archaic.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: Patriarch

DomainDefinitions

Bible

Patriarch a name employed in the New Testament with reference to Abraham (Heb. 7:4), the sons of Jacob (Acts 7:8, 9), and to David (2:29). This name is generally applied to the progenitors of families or "heads of the fathers" (Josh. 14:1) mentioned in Scripture, and they are spoken of as antediluvian (from Adam to Noah) and post-diluvian (from Noah to Jacob) patriachs. But the expression "the patriarch," by way of eminence, is applied to the twelve sons of Jacob, or to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. "Patriachal longevity presents itself as one of the most striking of the facts concerning mankind which the early history of the Book of Genesis places before us...There is a large amount of consentient tradition to the effect that the life of man was originally far more prolonged than it is at present, extending to at least several hundred years. The Babylonians, Egyptians, and Chinese exaggerated these hundreds into thousands. The Greeks and Romans, with more moderation, limited human life within a thousand or eight hundred years. The Hindus still farther shortened the term. Their books taught that in the first age of the world man was free from diseases, and lived ordinarily four hundred years; in the second age the term of life was reduced from four hundred to three hundred; in the third it became two hundred; in the fourth and last it was brought down to one hundred" (Rawlinson's Historical Illustrations). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

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Specialty Definition: Patriarch

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Originally a patriarch is a man who exercises autocratic authority over an extended family. See patriarchy.

The word has also taken on other meanings. In particular, the highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy and in the eastern rites of the Roman Catholic Church are called patriarchs. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are referred to as the three patriarchs of Judaism.

Current Patriarchs in the Catholic Church:

Historical Patriarchs in the Catholic Church: Current Patriarchs in the Orthodox Church: Current Patriarchs in Oriental Orthodox Churches

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Patriarch."

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Synonyms: Patriarch

Synonyms: head of household (n), paterfamilias (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Patriarch

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Clergy

Clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister; father, father in Christ; padre, abbe, cure; patriarch; reverend; black coat; confessor.

Veteran

Noun: veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Patriarch

English words defined with "patriarch": Abba, Abrahamic, Abuna, antediluvian patriarch, Athanasius, Athanasius the GreatcelebrateDamianistEudoxian, Exarchfeteical, IsaacMethuselahNestorian, Noachian, Noahpatriarchate, Patriarchdom, Patriarchism, Patriciate, ProtonotaryRussian Orthodox ChurchSaint Athanasius, St Athanasius. (references)
Specialty definitions using "patriarch": ABRAHAM, AccephalitesCaabaFerneyIron MaskJACOBITES, Jacob's StoneMacedoniansNestorians, Noah's Wife. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Patriarch" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (patriarch), German (patriach, patriarch), Welsh (patriarch).

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Modern Usage: Patriarch

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch (1992)

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Commercial Usage: Patriarch

DomainTitle

Books

  • Joseph E. Davis: Pioneer Patriarch (reference)

  • The Autumn of the Patriarch (Perennial Classics) (reference)

  • The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (reference)

  • Wilhelm Marr: The Patriarch of Anti-Semitism (Studies in Jewish History) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Ending The Tyranny Of The Inner Patriarch (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Image Slideshow: Patriarch

Illustrations:
Patriarch

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Photo Album: Patriarch

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Mt. Tacoma or Rainier, Patriarch of the Cascades, 14,528 ft. high.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Patriarch

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Estonia

The Patriarch, in his response, thanked the Prime Minister for his offer to register the church with the name suggested by the Moscow Patriarchate and also asked that the church be able to include canonical documents with its registration papers. (references)

Estonia

The Moscow Patriarchate announced in July that it would take the issue to the courts, which precipitated an exchange of letters between Prime Minister Laar and Patriarch Alexei of the Moscow Church. (references)

Bulgaria

The Municipal Authority reportedly justified its decision by stating that the evangelical association preached ideas that were "alien to local people." On December 13, 2000, approximately 2,000 Orthodox clergy and Church members marched in Sofia to protest the Government's refusal to register the Holy Synod headed by Patriarch Maksim. (references)

Economic History

Greece

The Greek Orthodox Church is self-governing but under the spiritual guidance of the Ecumenical Patriarch in Istanbul. (references)

Human Rights

Vietnam

Thich Huyen Quang, Supreme Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), has been confined to a pagoda in Quang Ngai Province since 1982. Provincial police reportedly told him in 1997 that his term of detention had officially concluded. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

CAABA, n. A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the archangel for bread.

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Usage Frequency: Patriarch

"Patriarch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.07% of the time. "Patriarch" is used about 147 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)87.07%12828,261
Noun (proper)10.2%1590,616
Lexical Verb (base form)2.72%4175,879
                    Total100.00%147N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Patriarch

Expression using "patriarch": antediluvian patriarch. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "patriarch": Bishop-patriarch, prince-patriarch.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Patriarch

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

patriarch

46

path patriarch

6

patriarch tomb

4

partner patriarch

3

abraham patriarch

3

jerusalem patriarch

3

grove patriarch

3

magazine patriarch

3

autumn of the patriarch

2

inner patriarch

2

patriarch prophets

2

antioch patriarch

2

constantinople patriarch

2

alliance patriarch

2
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Modern Translations: Patriarch

Language Translations for "patriarch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

aartsvader. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

patrik, themelues (erector, father, founder, promoter), kryetar familjeje (householder, paterfamilias). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ممثل جماعة, ‏مؤسس (based, established, founded, founder, instituted, promoter, set up), ‏الأب فى التوراة, ‏الأب (father), ‏رب عائلة, ‏شيخ جليل, ‏بطريرك (exarchate). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

родоначалник (father, founder, progenitor, stirps), човек на почтена възраст, основател (constitutor, founder, promoter), патриарх. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

族长. (various references)

   

Czech

  

patriarcha. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

patriarch, aartsvader. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

patriarko. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پدرسالار, پدرشاه , ایلخانی , ریش سفیدقوم , رءیس خانواده (Sheikh), شیخ , بزرگ خاندان . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

patriarkka. (various references)

   

French

  

patriarche. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

aartsfader. (various references)

   

German

  

Patriarch (patriach). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πατριάρχησ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

פטריארך, ראש "כ סי" (ecclesiarch). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pátriárka. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kepala keluarga. (various references)

   

Italian

  

patriarca. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

族長 (head of a family), 家長 (family head). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぞくちょう (head of a family, popular music, vulgar music), かちょう (aggravation, audible, family head, good tune, section chief, section manager, weighting). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

가부장. (various references)

   

Manx

  

ard-ayr. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

atriarchpay

   

Portuguese

  

patriarca (ancient, patriarchal), patoá. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

patriarh, strãmoş (ancestor, father, forbear, forbears, forefather, forefathers, grandsire, great grandfather, predecessor, primogenitor, progenitor), strãbun (ancestor, ancestors', ancient, antique, father, forefather, forefathers, forefathers', predecessor, primogenitor, progenitor), bãtrân venerabil. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

патриарх. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

patrijarh. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

patriarca. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

patriark. (various references)

   

Thai

  

พระสังฆราช (Buddhist Supreme Patriarch). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

piskopos (bishop, exarch), pir, patrik, yaşlı ve saygın kimse, resul (envoy, prophet), aile reisi (goodman, head of the family, householder). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

старійшина (ancient, doyen, elder), родоначальник (father, root), глава роду. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tộc trưởng (sheik, sheikh), gia trưởng ông lâo đáng kính. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

patriarch. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Patriarch

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

papas. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

patriarchae. (various references)

Old French900-1400

patriarche. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Patriarch

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 2, Verse 29
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAndreV adelfoi exon eipein meta parrhsiaV proV umaV peri tou patriarcou dabid oti kai eteleuthsen kai etafh kai to mnhma autou estin en hmin acri thV hmeraV tauthV
Latin405VulgateViri fratres liceat audenter dicere ad vos de patriarcha David quoniam et defunctus est et sepultus est et sepulchrum eius est apud nos usque in hodiernum diem
Old English990West Saxon"Breðer, ic mæg secgan eow ðriste þæt se forefæder Dafid swealt and wæs bebyrgd, and his ðruh is her oð þisne dæg.
Middle English1395WyclifBritheren, be it leueful boldli to seie to you of the patriark Dauid, for he is deed and biried, and his sepulcre is among vs in to this dai.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleMen and brethren let me frely speake vnto you of the partriarke David: For he is both deed and buryed and his sepulcre remayneth with vs vnto this daye.
Jacobean English1611King JamesMen and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Victorian English1833WebsterMen, brethren, let me freely speak to you concerning the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us to this day.
Basic English1964OgdenMy brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.

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Matched Bible Translations: Patriarch

LanguageActs Chapter 2, Verse 29
AlbanianVëllezër, mund të thuhet haptas për Davidin patriark që ai vdiq dhe u varros; dhe varri i tij është ndër ne deri ditën e sotme.
BulgarianБратя, мога да ви кажа свободно за Патриарха "авида, че и умря и биде погребан, и гробът му е у нас до тоя ден.
Cebuano"Mga igsoon, sa masaligon ako makasulti kaninyo mahitungod kang David nga patriarca, nga siya namatay ug gilubong, ug ang iyang lubong nagapabilin pa man gani kanato hangtud niining adlawa karon.
Chinese弟 兄 們 、 先 祖 大 衛 的 事 、 我 可 以 明 明 對 們 說 、 他 死 了 、 也 葬 埋 了 、 並 " 他 的 墳 " 、 直 到 今 日 還 在 我 們 這 裡 。
CroatianBraæo, dopustite da vam otvoreno kažem: praotac je David umro, pokopan je i eno mu meðu nama groba sve do današnjeg dana.
DanishI Mænd Brødre! Jeg kan sige med Frimodighed til eder om Patriarken David, at han er både død og begraven, og hans Grav er hos os indtil denne Dag.
DutchGij mannen broeders, het is mij geoorloofd vrij uit tot u te spreken van den patriarch David, dat hij beide gestorven en begraven is, en zijn graf is onder ons tot op dezen dag.
FinnishTe miehet, veljet, on lupa teille rohkeasti sanoa, mitä kantaisäämme Daavidiin tulee, että hän on sekä kuollut että haudattu; onhan hänen hautansa meidän keskellämme vielä tänäkin päivänä.
FrenchHommes frères, qu`il me soit permis de vous dire librement, au sujet du patriarche David, qu`il est mort, qu`il a été enseveli, et que son sépulcre existe encore aujourd`hui parmi nous.
GermanIhr Männer, liebe Brüder, lasset mich frei reden zu euch von dem Erzvater David. Er ist gestorben und begraben, und sein Grab ist bei uns bis auf diesen Tag.
Haitian CreoleFrè m' yo, pèmèt mwen pale kareman ak nou. David, zansèt nou an, mouri, yo antere l'. Tonm li la nan mitan nou jouk jòdi a.
HungarianAtyámfiai férfiak, szabad nyilván szólanom ti elõttetek Dávid pátriárkáról, hogy õ megholt és eltemettetett, és az õ sírja mind e mai napig minálunk van.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSaudara-saudara, izinkanlah saya berbicara dengan terus terang tentang Daud, bapak leluhur kita itu. Ia sudah mati dan sudah dikuburkan juga; kuburannya masih ada di tengah-tengah kita sampai sekarang.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaHai Tuan-tuan dan Saudara sekalian, beranilah aku mengatakan kepadamu dari hal nenek moyang kita Daud, bahwa ia mati serta dikuburkan, dan ada lagi kuburnya di antara kita hingga sekarang ini.
ItalianFratelli, mi sia lecito dirvi francamente, riguardo al patriarca Davide, che egli morì e fu sepolto e la sua tomba è ancora oggi fra noi.
Korean형 " 아 ! 내 가 조 상 다 윗 에 대 하 여 담 대 히 말 수 있 노 니 다 윗 이 죽 어 장 사 되 어 그 묘 가 오 늘 까 지 우 리 중 에 있 도 다
LatvianBrâïi, es uzdroðinos ar jums vaïsirdîgi runât par patriarhu Dâvidu, ka viòð ir nomiris un aprakts, un viòa kaps pie mums ir lîdz ðai dienai.
MaoriE oku teina, e tika ana kia aronui he kupu ki a koutou mo te tupuna nei mo Rawiri, ara kua mate ia, kua tanumia, kei a tatou ano tona urupa, a taea noatia tenei ra.
Modern GreekΑνδρες αδελφοι, δυναμαι να σας ειπω μετα παρρησιας περι του πατριαρχου "αβιδ οτι και ετελευτησε και εταφη, και το μνημα αυτου ειναι παρ' ημιν μεχρι της ημερας ταυτης.
NorwegianBrødre! la mig få lov til å tale med frimodighet til eder om patriarken David, at han både døde og blev begravet, og hans grav er iblandt oss den dag idag;
PortugueseIrmãos, seja-me permitido dizer-vos livremente acerca do patriarca Davi, que ele morreu e foi sepultado, e entre nós está até hoje a sua sepultura.   
RumanianCkt despre patriarhul David, sq-mi fie kngqduit, frayilor, sq vq spun fqrq sfialq cq a murit wi a fost kngropat; wi mormkntul lui este kn mijlocul nostru pknq kn ziua de azi.
RussianнХЦЙ 'ТБФЙС! "Б 'Х"ЕФ ПЪЧПМЕОП У "ЕТЪОПЧЕОЙЕН УЛБЪБФШ ЧБН П ТБПФ"Е дБЧЙ"Е, ЮФП ПО Й ХНЕТ Й ПЗТЕ'ЕО, Й ЗТП' ЕЗП Х ОБУ "П УЕЗП "ОС.
ShuarPítiur tuke chichaak: `Páantchakait. Ii uuntri Tawit yaunchu Jákaiti. Tura iwiarsamuiti. Ni iwiarsamuri iini pujatsuk.
SpanishHermanos, os puedo decir confiadamente que nuestro padre David murió y fue sepultado, y su sepulcro está entre nosotros hasta el día de hoy.
Swahili"Ndugu zangu, napenda kuwaambieni waziwazi juu ya mambo yaliyompata Daudi, babu yetu. Yeye alikufa, akazikwa, tena kaburi lake liko papa hapa petu mpaka leo.
SwedishMina bröder, jag kan väl fritt säga till eder om vår stamfader David att han är både död och begraven; hans grav finnes ju ibland oss ännu i dag.
Thaiพี่น้องทั้งหลาย ข้าพเจ้ามีใจกล้าที่จะกล่าวแก่ท่านทั้งหลายถึง"าวิ"บรรพบุรุษของเราว่า ท่านสิ้นพระชนม์แล้วถูกฝังไว้ และอุโมงค์ฝังศพของท่านยังอยู่กับเราจนถึงทุกวันนี้
UkrainianМужі-браття! Нехай буде вільно мені сміло сказати вам про патріярха "авида, що помер і похований, і знаходиться гріб його в нас аж до цього дня.
UmaNgkai ree, na'uli' wo'o-mi Petrus: "Ompi' -ompi' -ku, ma'ala ta'uli' hante kanoto-noto-na, bela woto-na moto to natoa' lolita Daud toe we'i. Apa' tuama-ta Daud, mate moto-i-hawo pai' -i ratana. Daeo' -na ria hi ngata-ta duu' tempo toi.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Patriarch

Derivations

Words beginning with "patriarch": patriarchal, patriarchate, patriarchates, patriarchies, patriarchs, patriarchy. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Patriarch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acritarch, ariarch, patriach, patriarca, Patriarcha, patriarh, Petrach, Petrarca, petrarcha. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Patriarch"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "patriarch" (pronounced pā"trēÄ'rk)
7-ā" t r ē Ä' r kmatriarch.
3-Ä' r kaardvark, ballpark, benchmark, birthmark, earmark, hallmark, landmark, meadowlark, monarch, oligarch, pockmark, postmark, Skylark, trademark, watermark.

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Anagrams: Patriarch

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-p-r-r-t"

-1 letter: parritch, phratric.

-2 letters: catarrh, chapati, charpai, cithara, haircap.

-3 letters: capita, haptic, pariah, phatic, picara, raphia.

-4 letters: acari, airth, aitch, apart, arhat, atria, atrip, carat, carpi, chair, chapt, charr, chart, chirp, chirr, pacha, parch, patch, pitch, ratch, riata, tapir, thrip, tiara, triac.

-5 letters: acta, airt, arch, aria, atap, caph, carp, carr, cart, chap, char, chat, chia, chip, chit, crap, haar, hair, harp, hart, itch, paca, pact, pair, para, parr, part, path, phat, pica, pita, pith, prat, raia, rapt, rath, rich, tach, tahr, tapa, tarp, thir, trap, trip.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-p-r-r-t"
 

+1 letter: patriarchs, patriarchy.

 

+2 letters: patriarchal.

 

+3 letters: aortographic, cartographic, paraphrastic, patriarchate, patriarchies.

 

+4 letters: cartographies, patriarchates, stratigraphic.

 

+5 letters: arteriographic, cartographical, hyperparasitic, interparochial, orthographical, parthenocarpic, petrographical.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Patriarch


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 74 72 69 61 72 63 68

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01110100 01110010 01101001 01100001 01110010 01100011 01101000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#116 &#114 &#105 &#97 &#114 &#99 &#104

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0074 0072 0069 0061 0072 0063 0068

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

506786847567846974

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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