The cincture is a liturgical vestment, worn encircling the body around or above the waist. The term has two distinct meanings, the usage generally dividing along denominational lines. Where the context does not indicate which meaning is intended, ambiguity may be avoided by the use of the terms "girdle" and "fascia".
In the Roman Catholic Church, the cincture is a long, rope-like cord with tassled or knotted ends, tied around the waist outside the alb. The colour may be white, or may vary according to the colour of the liturgical season. A bishop's cincture is made of intertwining gold...
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There are three ways I know to pronounce the -ed at the end of an adjective:
/t/ as in cracked.
/d/ as in lined.
/ɪd/ as in naked
I realise naked is a special case because, as etymonline states, it comes for Old English nacod, so the suffix isn't added.
This answer shows the pattern of pronu...
When one wishes to thank someone effusively for a wonderful birthday dinner, would it be considered gramatically gauche to use a plethora of superlatives?
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's very difficult for me to separate them.
I was just listening to some video and it said
"Fat cells can’t reproduce themselves."
What I thought I've heard is "... CAN reproduce ..."
Frankly, that's pretty annoying.
its a common adage used in Indo-Pak subcontinent, meaning if you give the camel room to fit his head in the tent, he would make space for his body himself
if someone can get a part of his way, he would soon get the remaining as well
somewhat a "foot in the door" type usage
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