This toothy word contains the name of a fanged feline!

dentigerous (den-TIJ-uhr-uhs) adjective

Having teeth.

[From Latin denti- (teeth) + -gerous (bearing), from gerere (to bear).]

-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)


"For a man in his awkwardly dentigerous position, the order to 'flash those teeth' must doubly hurt." - Neville Marten and Jeff Hudson; Kinks; Bobcat Books; 2007.

A dentigerous jaw.

In our word for today hides another feline , - ready to pounce at you.

perihelion (per-i-HEE-lee-uhn_, -HEEL-yun) noun

The point in the orbit of a celestial body that is nearest to the sun.

[From Greek peri- (around, near) + helios (sun). The point farthest from the sun is called aphelion, from apo- (away).]

-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)

"Come Jan. 3, Earth will reach perihelion, its closest approach to the sun at 91,399,727 miles." - Pete Zapadka; That Sun Feels Mighty Close During Summer. False!; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Jul 6, 2007.

manumit (man-yuh-MIT), transitive verb:

To free from slavery or servitude.

The prime reason, I suspect, will be that we don't need any liberator to manumit our "corporate slaves" because we've never had any.
- Victor S. Navasky, "Time is money", The Nation, July 17, 1989

Mobilization difficulties led the government to manumit hundreds of slaves and scores of convicts to fight at the front.
- Peter M. Beattie, "Conscription versus penal servitude", Journal of Social History, June 22, 1999

Possessed of more than one hundred slaves, Tucker resisted the appeals of relatives to manumit in his will even favored household servants.
- Christopher Doyle, "Judge St. George Tucker and the case of Tom v. Roberts", Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Autumn 1998

It even seemed possible that they could improve the conditions of slaves and persuade ever more planters to manumit their bondsmen.
- Larry Gragg, "A heavenly visitation", History Today, February 1, 2002


Manumit comes from Latin manumittere, "to emancipate a slave," from manu mittere, "to release from control," from manus, "hand" (hence "power of control") + mittere, "to let go; to send." The noun form is manumission.
- dictionary.com

“The term is Middle English and is derived from the Latin manumittere, literally to send off by hand, referring to the Roman ceremony of manumission (where the master liberated the slave with a symbolic slap).” - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manumission

“Greek slaves generally became metics upon being manumitted. That is, they became resident aliens, non-citizens in the city where they lived .” – ibid

“In Rome former slaves became freedman (liberti), usually taking the family name of their former master as their own, and though they were no longer seen as an object in the eyes of the law, they still did not gain all the rights of a Roman citizen.” – ibid

“In both societies ex-slaves required the permission of their former master to marry.” – ibid

“After manumission, a slave was legally converted from property to a free Roman citizen. Despite the benefits of this new status, manumitted slaves were typically looked down upon by the freeborn citizens of Rome. In addition to the stigma accompanying an ex-slave, the freedmen were required by Roman tradition to fulfill two post-manumission obligations .” http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~thurley/manumission.html

“After manumission was given freedom and released from all of his duties as a slave. Freedmen typically were not fully integrated into society. One way in which the law made it difficult for ex-slaves to become full citizens of Rome was through the practices of obseqium and operae. The act of obseqium required freedmen and women to openly grovel in the presence of their former masters. Whether in public or in the privacy of the household, freedmen were required to remove their hate, drop to their knees, etc. in front of their masters. Operae, on the other hand, was the custom whereby an ex-slave was required to return to their slave professions for a certain number of days annually for their masters. The number of days varied depending on the conditions of the manumission.” - http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~thurley/legal.html



http://www.masshist.org/endofslavery/?queryID=55

And since Madonna first started singing Kabbalah's praises six years ago — literally, on her 1998 album Ray of Light— she has arguably become the practice's most prominent advocate. The 45-year-old pop priestess introduced Britney Spears to the discipline last year…. No doubt this brand of modern Kabbalah will face further scrutiny with the start this week of Madonna's Reinvention tour, which won't feature Friday night performances, reportedly so the star can observe the Sabbath. Still, Reinvention is an apt title: Madonna, who was raised Catholic, has credited Kabbalah with helping to quash her Material Girl persona and achieve spiritual clarity. – source: http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2004-05-25-kabbalah-main_x.htm


cabala (KAB-uh-luh, kuh-BAH-)

kab•ba•lah or kab•ba•la or ka•ba•la also ca•ba•la or qa•ba•la or qa•ba•lah (kāb'ə-lə, kə-bä'lə)

n.
1. often Kabbalah A body of mystical teachings of rabbinical origin, often based on an esoteric interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures.
2. A secret doctrine resembling these teachings.

[Medieval Latin cabala[/b], from Hebrew [i]qabbālâ[/b], received doctrine, tradition, from [i]qibbēl, to receive; see qbl in Semitic roots.]

kab'ba•lism n., kab'ba•list n.

Usage Note: There are no less than two dozen variant spellings of kabbalah, the most common of which include kabbalah, kabala, kabalah, qabalah, qabala, cabala, cabbala, kaballah, kabbala, kaballah, and qabbalah. This sort of confusion is frequently seen with Hebrew and Arabic words borrowed into English because there exist several different systems of transliterating the Hebrew and Arabic alphabets into Roman letters. Often a more exact or scholarly transliteration, such as Qur'an, will coexist alongside a spelling that has been heavily Anglicized (Koran). The fact that the Hebrew and Arabic alphabets do not as a rule indicate short vowels or the doubling of consonants compounds the difficulties. Spellings of kabbalah with one or two b's are equally "correct," insofar as the single b accurately reproduces the spelling of the Hebrew, while the double b represents the fact that it was once pronounced with a double b.
- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

The Random House Unabridged gives an interesting definition:
“a system of esoteric theosophy and theurgy developed by rabbis, reaching its peak about the 12th and 13 centuries, and influencing certain medieval and Renaissance Christian thinkers. It was based on a mystical method of interpreting Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate sacred mysteries. Among its central doctrines are, all creation is an emanation from the Deity and the soul exists from eternity.”

“Originally, Kabbalistic knowledge was believed to be an integral part of the Judaism's oral law (see also, Aggadah), given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai around 13th century BCE, though there is a view that Kabbalah began with Adam.” – wikipedia.com

"A person who is capable of comprehending the Seder hishtalshelus (kabbalistic secrets concerning the higher spiritual spheres) - and fails to do so - cannot be considered a human being. At every moment and time one must know where his soul stands. It is a mitzvah (commandment) and an obligation to know the seder hishtalshelus." Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn of Lubavitch - wikipedia.com

“When the Israelites arrived at their destination and settled in Canaan ‎, for a few centuries the esoteric knowledge was referred to by its aspect practice - meditation (“Hitbodedut” Hebrew: התבודדות), translated as “being alone” or “isolating oneself”, or by a different term describing the actual, desired goal of the practice - prophecy (“NeVu’a” Hebrew: נבואה‎). –Wikipedia.com

Kabbalah? On the outside, it looks like a very spiritual, very hopeful and self-empowering notion. It takes much, if not most, of its power from the Bible - the Old Testament, and the Zohar.

BUT it is a form of Magick..... great if you wish to do astral travel. (please don't)

It can only be trusted when

thanks charis - i ll keep that in mind. do you have any experience with kabbalism? jus' curious

yes...that was one of my paths away from Jesus

Charis,

Thank you for the brief description of Kabbalah. I was wondering if that were the case, now you have confirmed it for me. I found a book in the library called "the book of days." It uses "wisdom", for lack of a better word, from several sources which speak to the Jewish way of looking at their calander, seasons, etc. I have only read a few pages. So far it is interesting, on the other hand, guess I don't need to litter my mind with falshood.

Keep on walking towards Jesus, and take me with you.

Morning Glory

have you noticed authentic specimens of 'effrontery' crawling around lately? usually it engenders rage, one of the most telling attributes of the genuine natural human

effrontery (ih-FRUN-tuh-ree), noun:

Insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; insolence.

Who would have the effrontery to treat the chairman in this way?
- Tom King, The Operator

Passionately she sang of Yoshitsune, her love and yearning for him, and her joy that he had successfully managed to evade his evil half-brother Yoritomo. Yoritomo was torn between rage at such effrontery and pleasure at the exquisite beauty of her voice.
- Lesley Downer, Women of the Pleasure Quarters

Effrontery is from French effronterie, ultimately from Late Latin effrons, effront-, "shameless," literally "without forehead" (to blush with), from Latin ex-, "out of" + frons, front-, "forehead."

theurgy (THEE-ur-jee), noun, plural – theurgies

1. the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs
2. white magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists)
-definitions from wordnet.com

Theurgy (from Greek: θεουργία) describes the practice of rituals, sometimes seen as magical in nature, performed with the intention of invoking the action of one or more gods, especially with the goal of uniting with the divine, achieving henosis, and perfecting oneself. - from wikipedia

Christian Theurgy:
Some regard the Roman Catholic mass as a form of theurgy, in which the being of Christ is called down into the Host and hence into the communicant. The practice of the Novena could also be interpreted as theurgy, although it borders more on practical folk magic.
In Greek Orthodox Christianity, many of the services, including even baptism may contain theurgy (as Vladimir Lossky refers to Christian theurgy) in a thaumaturgical way, similar to magic, but not considered such within the tradition. – from Wikipedia.com

RELATED WORDS:
theurgic adj.
theurgical adj.
theurgically adv.
theurgist n.

Christians no doubt would say that the life of Christ is the greatest theurgical event in human history, in the sense of the first definition. The life story of Moses who led his people forty years in the desert seem to have some theurgical events and many rituals. I an thankful that the influence of Jesus, the Christ, has freed us from those rituals; and we needn't be theurgists.