What does stand in pillory mean? 1 :to set in a pillory as punishment. 2 : to expose to public contempt, ridicule, or scorn. What does a pillory look like? pillory, an instrument of corporal punishment consisting ofa wooden post and frame fixed on a platform raised several feet from th...
What is the conflict in The Tale of Genji? What does the word solitary mean in the context of The Alchemist by Coelho? What is the suspense in The Interlopers? What does The Heart is a Lonely Hunter mean? What is the theme of Death Be Not Proud by Donne?
foundation on which the conservation movement was built. What good is a wildlife reserve if the protected animals can’t live there, because climate change pushes them out What difference does it make to defend trees from logging, if global warming will allow a new pest to ruin the whole ...
What does defrocked priest mean? “Defrocking,” as the name suggests, meansthe removal of the vestments, or clothing, symbolic of being a priest. This process is more formally referred to as “dismissal from the clerical state,” or “laicization.” Can a priest get married? There is a ...
What does heresy mean in The Scarlet Ibis? What prominent season is associated with Thornfield? What does the blighted summer symbolize in The Scarlet Ibis? What does the barn loft symbolize in The Scarlet Ibis? What is a hook for The Scarlet Ibis?
which means “known” to create the word agnostic which has come to mean “the existence of God is unknown and/or unknowable.” He used the word gnostic as a reference to the word “Gnosticism,” a branch of early Christianity which was eventually declared to be heresy by the Orthodox Ch...
Martin Luther, in his German translation, according to at least one Catholic source, changed the word 'repent' to 'mend' or 'do better' (ibid, p. 201), presumably to justify his position that one does not need to obey God's laws through repentance. Others disagree on that point and ...
Words mean things, after all . . . For example, referring to the date of the last SuperMoon as 18 years ago - as several media reports are doing lately - is completely wrong. There are 4-6 SuperMoons a year on average. The one on March 19, 2011 is in fact the closest SuperMoon...
Those who accept a martyr’s death are promised a crown, but nowhere does the Bible grant an exemption for those who reject Jesus, coercion notwithstanding. Not in the Church Age, and not during the Tribulation. “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall ...
The Greek roots of the term “Catholic” mean “according to (kata-) the whole (holos),” or more colloquially, “universal.” At the beginning of the second century, we find in the letters of Ignatius the first surviving use of the term “Catholic” in reference to the Church. At tha...