Hold fast, all of you, to the Rope of Allah and do not be divided Definitions and
etymology Definitions.
Not exact matches
According to wikipedia spirituality lacks a definitive
definition... but the
Etymology found there is interesting.
However, it is an answer that is true to both the
definition and
etymology of the word «agnostos» and not that of «atheos».
Ninian Smart sticks close to the
etymology of the word «theology» in his
definition: «Doing theology, in the proper sense, is articulating a faith.»
Is the implication of your article that we should accept the medieval
etymology of the word conception as the true
definition of the beginning of life, when the embryo is «imbraced» by the womb and therefore viable?
I often use this as a sort of litmus test to quickly gauge a dictionary's completeness (if it has this word) and quality (if the
definition contains the
etymology).