The word "Christmas" is a combination of the words "Christ" and "Mass." The word "Mass" means death and was coined originally by the Roman Catholic Church. The ritual of the Mass involves the death of Christ, and the distribution of the "Host", a word taken from the Latin word "hostiall," meaning victim. In short, Christmas is a Roman Catholic word of Roman Empire origin. So as we can notice, the Christmas origin has pagan roots and that is well documented. ...

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In other words, since the date of origin, the word feminism has not yet changed its meaning. ... In addition to the Etymological Dictionary, the reference book called Origins, by Eric Partridge, states that the word "feminism, -ist, -ize, come, perhaps with French encouragement, from femin, and femina- ( Partridge 207). In essence, the information the word comes from the French language and is based on the root word feminine and has not changed its meaning. 3 The word feminism has many contextual definitions. ... The word feminism is even used abroad. ... Overall, the word feminism...

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Nigga comes from the word niggardly, which means "insufficient to task," that is how the word developed. ... The word "niggardly" was used first by Thomas J. ... There are many different interpretations of the meaning and origin of the word "nigga" and many different attempts to rationalize the use of it. ... The word was spoken to you to hurt you. ... No matter how you think of yourself, whether you are African-American, White, Hispanic, Asian or whatever national origin you identify with, you should never call anyone a "nigga." ...

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"The Origins of Writing in Southern Mesopotamia" The first evidence of written word was discovered in the Sumerian culture and was created over 5,000 years ago. ... The origins of writing were not in the conventional forms that we as a modern society utilize, but instead were in the form of pictographs and numerals. ... An example of this is evident in the Sumerian word for "arrow". In Sumerian "arrow" is pronounced "ti" which is also the same as the word for "life". ... "By giving each sound a phonetic symbol, it was possible to spell out any word in the language" (Kramer 132). ...

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Robert Beverley's "The History and Present State of Virginia"," is important to the study of the origins of slavery as the first published history of a British colony by a native of North America. ... However, inherent to its nature as a text as the foundation of Christianity is its reliance on Christians to accept the word as God's unquestionable divine truth. ...

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The word gay's meaning has changed so many times from its origin to now just like any other word. ... Although many people see the word homosexual as demeaning it might be the word that who label gay people the best. ... This word would help define who you are lot better than the word gay would. ... Many people use the word gay to mean this. ... The word lame is somewhat of an older word for young people to use. ...

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Over millions of years, there have been many disputes over the true origins of the world we live in. ... It would be wrong, as a Christian, to go against the written word. ... To these people, many of which are atheists, belief and faith are not enough to secure their ideas for the origins of our being and this is why this theory has been so popular. ...

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It's a collecting area that raises interesting theoretical and practical issues for us as a city museum, and is particularly topical at the moment, given the debate around Occupy"," says Cathy Ross, Museum of London Director of Collection. 1) Etymological Analysis of English Words Table 1 Word Part of Speech 1. ... Origin 3. ... material Noun, abstract Middle English: from late Latin materialis, from Latin materia 'matter'. items needed for an activity. from preposition Old English fram, from, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse fro indicating separation, removal, or preve...

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The Origins of Christianity from 30 A.D. to 70 A.D "The law of the excluded middle" is a maxim asserting that something is, or is not. ... If this logic can be applied to the origins of Christianity you could ask, is Christianity of divine origin or of human origin? In this paper I will look at arguments for both the human and divine origins resulting in the rapid expansion of Christianity during the period from Pentecost, 30 A.D., to the insurrection of the Jews in 70 A.D. ... "They therefore that were scattered abroad went about preaching the word." ...

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Introduction Despite the erroneous origins of the term race and its modern usurpation by advanced studies in biological anthropology, American society at large (and elsewhere) and mental health professionals continue to place great cultural and psychological value on the term. ... Yet today, the fallacious origin of the term race has been forgotten, and now the term holds purportedly scientific sway over all. ... The Interplay Between Ignorance and Evidence Apart from the dubious and dangerous origins of the term race, we also have the problem of misunderstanding concepts which apply themselve...

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Buddhism: Beliefs and Origin Buddhism is a religion that not too many people in the United States know very much about, even though it is the fourth largest religion in the world. ... "The term Messiah comes from the Hebrew word moshiach, which means to anoint. ...

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., a group of Italic people known as the Oscans occupied the region; they most likely established Pompeii, although the exact date of its origin is unknown. "The root of the word Pompeii would appear to be the Oscan word for the number five, pompe, which suggests that either the community consisted of five hamlets or, perhaps, was settled by a family group (gens Pompeia)"(Kraus 7). ...

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Racial Issues: From the Origins of Blacks to Slavery 1. ... The term race, meaning any distinct group of people#, becomes a word of prejudice in the seventeenth century, during colonization. ... At that time, the word took on a connotation that put entire groups of people into one of two categories based on the color of their skin. ... So it seems simple to trace the origin of race but not so simple to trace the origin of its prejudiced or its discriminatory view. Looking back into history, it is determined that many languages used the word race to "categorize human beings". ...

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How do we know that the Bible is the only inspired word of God? ... Many issues arose while doing research on the topic of whether or not the Bible is the only inspired word of God. ... While standing in the check-out line, a woman saw the book, Sacred Origins of Profound Things, by Charles Panati in my hands and told me that she had read that book and really didn't like it. ... The above findings, along with many historical facts, are evidence that the Bible is in fact the true and inspired word of God. Once the conclusion has been drawn that the Bible is inspired and everything in...

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., a group of Italic people known as the Oscans occupied the region; they most likely established Pompeii, although the exact date of its origin is unknown. "The root of the word Pompeii would appear to be the Oscan word for the number five, pompe, which suggests that either the community consisted of five hamlets or, perhaps, was settled by a family group (gens Pompeia)"(Kraus 7). ...

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This is when evolution comes in, the idea of evolution was first known through Charles Darwin, in his book "The Origin of Species" which explains, that everything evolves from its original state to what it is now. ... Through the article "What does the dreaded "E" word mean anyway?... The relationship between Religion and science continues to be a controversial topic around the world, only time can inform us what will happen and if there will ever be an agreement or an absolute answer, to the understanding of our human origins....

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Both Ramachandran and Hubbard believe that language origins come from synaesthesia. ... The word Synesthesia derives from two Greek words, syn (together) and aesthesis (perception). ... For example, when one hears the word "pencil" it may evoke the taste of bacon. ... Ramachandran and Hubbard used the bouba/kiki effect as a clue for understanding the origins of proto- language. ... Take the word 'you' in Somali which translates to 'aan', when this is word is pronounced there is no outward pout that happens with ones lips. ...

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But there is there is a deeper meaning to the word love. To define love we must examine the origin, the types of love, how love is used and the result of that, and my opinion on what love is and isn't. A good way to start defining love is to go over were the word came from, its origin. The word love goes back to the very roots of the English language. ... Love is simply a four letter word, much like other words. ...

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I responded to Part I: Sorting By Color: Why We Attach Meaning To Race. The first reading is discussing how racism developed, the second discusses the racial formations created as a result and the third discusses how the theoretical perspectives view race and ethnic relations. Racism is everywhere. You can't go anywhere in today's society without bumping into some form of racism. Race is a social group based on the physical differences of skin tone, hair texture, and facial features. ...

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., a group of Italic people known as the Oscans occupied the region; they most likely established Pompeii, although the exact date of its origin is unknown. "The root of the word Pompeii would appear to be the Oscan word for the number five, pompe, which suggests that either the community consisted of five hamlets or, perhaps, was settled by a family group (gens Pompeia)"(Kraus 7). ...

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Aristotle was a 4th Century Athenian philosopher, who was one of the first people to state how comedies and tragedies should be written. He observed the structure of great plays by Aeschylus and Sophocles and added some of his own ideas. He defined tragedy as a representation of action that is w...

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Sometimes the term is vaguely used to cover absolute origin in the sense just excluded. ... The problem of ultimate origin is not one that science can solve. ... What does the Bible say about evolution and the origin of the universe? ... And almost every scientist has an opinion on the origin of the universe. ... I really think that we should go out and preach the word to the scientists. ...

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Deffinition Essay of the word Assassin Thesis: The definition and history of the word assassin is very complex and intriguing. Assassin is usually a negative word describing a person hired to kill somebody, but that's not the reason I chose to write about this word. ... I was trying to think of a word to write about so I went to a web-site that was devoted to origins of words. ... The history of this word comes from the Arabic word hash, which is a plant used as an intoxicant. ... This is a well-known word. ...

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