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George W. Bush delivers the eulogy at Ronald Reagan's state funeral, June 2004. A eulogy (from εὐλογία, eulogia, Classical Greek, eu for "well" or "true", logia for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment. [1] [2] [3]
Ænima is Tool's first studio album with former Peach bassist Justin Chancellor.. The title Ænima is a combination of the words 'anima' (Latin for 'soul' and associated with the ideas of "life force", and a term often used by psychologist Carl Jung) and 'enema', the medical procedure involving the injection of fluids into the rectum.
The term eulogia (Ancient Greek: εὐλογία, eulogía), Greek for "a blessing", has been applied in ecclesiastical usage to "a blessed object".It was occasionally used in early times to signify the Holy Eucharist, and in this sense is especially frequent in the writings of St. Cyril of Alexandria.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
There are several hypotheses about the origin of the word ēlŏgium.The most immediate one is a derivation from the Latin verb eligere ("to select"); in this case then an elogium would be a 'selection' from the records of the family archives; other etymologies are: from eloquium; from the root rag 'to collect, to read' would have meant 'saying, aphorism'; from a root lag (to legere) the ...
The nation said a proper farewell to former President Jimmy Carter during his funeral service in Washington D.C. on Thursday.. President Joe Biden, who declared Thursday a national day of mourning ...
"Stinkfist", also referred to as Track #1 due to the perceived offensiveness of the actual title, [3] is a song by American rock band Tool. It is their first industry single and first music video release from their second major label album Ænima .
Bob Uecker delivered a virtuoso performance as baseball announcer Harry Doyle in the 'Major League' movies. Check out these hilarious clips.