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  2. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    Among Serbian names are many apotropaic names (zaštitna imena, "protective names"), such as Vuk ("wolf") (and its many derivatives) and Staniša [40] ("stone"). Historical Chinese given names sometimes had apotropaic meanings, such as in the case of Huo Qubing (霍 去病, "Qubing" meaning "away with illness"), or Xin Qiji (辛 棄疾, "Qiji ...

  3. Spirit possession - Wikipedia

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    Possession, the entrance inwardly into an individual to beget uncontrollable fits, induce blasphemies, Faerie, being the influence those who voluntarily submit to consort, prophesy, or servitude. King James attested that the symptoms derived from demonic possession could be discernible from natural diseases.

  4. BabyCenter releases list of names 'heading for extinction' in ...

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    Looking for baby names inspo: See list of most popular names. Millennial, royal family-inspired names on their way out. Catherine, Jaden, Anne, Phillip, Jamal and Esteban are some of the names ...

  5. Unclean spirit - Wikipedia

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    Jesus drives out a demon or unclean spirit, from the 15th-century Très Riches Heures. In English translations of the Bible, unclean spirit is a common rendering [1] of Greek pneuma akatharton (πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον; plural pneumata akatharta (πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα)), which in its single occurrence in the Septuagint translates Hebrew ruaḥ tum'ah (רוּחַ ...

  6. List of eponymous adjectives in English - Wikipedia

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    An eponymous adjective is an adjective which has been derived from the name of a person, real or fictional. Persons from whose name the adjectives have been derived are called eponyms. [1] Following is a list of eponymous adjectives in English.

  7. List of common false etymologies of English words - Wikipedia

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    Although this describes the condition of coma, this is not the true derivation. The word is actually derived from the Greek kōma, meaning deep sleep. [30] Fuck: see under "Profanity" Golf: did not originate as an acronym of "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden". [31] The word's true origin is unknown, but it existed in the Middle Scots period ...

  8. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonyms often express a nuance of meaning or are used in different registers of speech or writing. Various technical domains may employ synonyms to convey precise technical nuances. Some writers avoid repeating the same word in close proximity, and prefer to use synonyms: this is called elegant variation. Many modern style guides criticize this.

  9. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...