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Greek

2129. eulogia -- praise, blessing
... From the same as eulogeo; fine speaking, ie Elegance of language; commendation
("eulogy"), ie (reverentially) adoration; religiously, benediction; by ...
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Library

Elegance and Grace
... ELEGANCE AND GRACE. ... Let none of those who build up their reputation on a corrupt
manner of eloquence, say that I am an enemy to such as speak with elegance. ...
/.../kleiser/the training of a public speaker/elegance and grace.htm

The Publisher Has Pleasure in Submitting the Following Extracts ...
... Setting aside their acknowledged and standard elegance, they are the cheapest books
we have ever seen, and their being indispensable to the literary man, as ...
/.../young/youngs night thoughts/the publisher has pleasure in.htm

John Chapter xiii. 10-Jun
... For who may not say, as here, with the greatest propriety, He is all clean, except
[1135] his feet?"although he would speak with greater elegance were he to ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate lvi john chapter xiii.htm

The Study of Words
... He thinks it good enough for a speaker to say whatever is necessary on a subject,
but only the most eloquent may discuss it with grace and elegance. ...
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Concerning St. Ephraim.
... Syriac, or any other language, and divested, as it were, of the beauties of the
Greek language, they would retain little of their original elegance and value. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter xvi concerning st ephraim.htm

And all the Methods I have Mentioned are Constantly Used by Nearly ...
... But as some men employ these coarsely, inelegantly, and frigidly while others use
them with acuteness, elegance, and spirit, the work that I am speaking of ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 7 and all the.htm

The Epistle to Philemon.
... Erasmus says: "Cicero never wrote with greater elegance." Luther and Calvin speak
of it in high terms, especially Luther, who fully appreciated its noble ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 98 the epistle to.htm

Nevertheless, a Necessity, as it Were, is Laid Upon Me to Reply ...
... clear himself from the stains which have been cast upon him, does not trouble himself,
in the answer which he is compelled to make, about the elegance and neat ...
/.../2 nevertheless a necessity as.htm

Translator's Preface
... He seems likewise to have despised mere elegance, for in his Confessions, [99] when
speaking of the style of Faustus, he says, "What profit to me was the ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/translators preface.htm

On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set
... mild case, and in him there is not only an element of romance, but also a fine element
of irony which warns us against taking all this elegance too seriously. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Alt. of Elegancy.

Thesaurus

Elegance (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Alt. of Elegancy. Multi-Version Concordance
Elegance (2 Occurrences). Revelation 18:14 The dainties ...
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Ungraceful (1 Occurrence)
... (a.) Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance;
inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech. ...
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Longed (24 Occurrences)
... Revelation 18:14 The dainties that thy soul longed for are gone from thee, and all
thine elegance and splendor have perished, and never again shall they be ...
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Grace (277 Occurrences)
... benefit. 7. (n.) Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness;
commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form. 8 ...
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Goodliness (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GOODLINESS. good'-li ...
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Form (153 Occurrences)
... mere form. 6. (n.) Orderly arrangement; shapeliness; also, comeliness;
elegance; beauty. 7. (n.) A shape; an image; a phantom. 8 ...
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Rude (2 Occurrences)
... 6. (superl.) Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance;
not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature ...
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Elect's (3 Occurrences)

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Elegant (2 Occurrences)

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Delicacy (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance;
smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a ...
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Bible Concordance

Elegance (2 Occurrences)

Revelation 18:14 The dainties that thy soul longed for are gone from thee, and all thine elegance and splendor have perished, and never again shall they be found.
(WEY)

Song of Songs 4:4 Your neck is like the tower of David made for a store-house of arms, in which a thousand breastplates are hanging, breastplates for fighting-men.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

Ungraceful (1 Occurrence)

Longed (24 Occurrences)

Grace (277 Occurrences)

Goodliness (2 Occurrences)

Form (153 Occurrences)

Rude (2 Occurrences)

Elect's (3 Occurrences)

Elegant (2 Occurrences)

Delicacy (1 Occurrence)