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Thursday, August 26, 2021

In other words, Proper Nouns

  • Ausgangstext, noun. The original, initial, or source text of the Scriptures; the one ancestor of all the extant Greek copies.
  • Confessional Bibliology, noun. The position that accepts the underlying Hebrew and Greek texts used by the framers of the major post-reformation confessions, which they called “authentic” and “pure”, as the preserved text of the Bible.
  • Jenny Greenteeth, noun. The name of: a female supernatural being or creature said to lurk beneath the surface of (esp. weed-covered) ponds, ditches, etc., waiting to pull in and drown those who venture into or near the water.
  • Manhattanhenge, noun. A phenomenon in which the sun rises or sets in alignment with the streets that run east to west on the street grid of Manhattan, New York City.
  • Nowheresville, noun. A largely unknown or uninteresting place, esp. a small, rural town; (also figurative) obscurity, insignificance, limbo; Also, Nowhereville.
  • Owczarek, noun. Any of several breeds of sheepdog originating in Poland; a dog of one of these breeds.
  • Solon, noun. Athenian statesman and lawgiver. One of the Seven Sages, he revised the code of laws established by Draco. (often lowercase) A wise lawgiver.
  • Synoptic, adjective. Taking a common view, specifically in reference to the similarities of the first three Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke. (often lowercase) Forming a general summary or synopsis, or affording a general view of the whole.
  • Tom Tiddler’s ground, noun. A children's game in which one player, designated ‘Tom Tiddler,’ tries to catch the others who run on to his or her territory, marked by a line drawn on the ground, crying ‘We're on Tom Tiddler’s ground, picking up gold and silver,’ the first, or sometimes the last, caught taking the place of the pursuer.
  • Tropic of Cancer, noun. The parallel of latitude that is approximately 23¹/₂ degrees north of the equator and that is the northernmost latitude reached by the overhead sun.
  • Vesak, noun. A major Buddhist festival commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha, observed on the day of the full moon in the month Visākha (April–May).

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