- In
colloquial usage,
contempt usually refers to
either the act of despising, or
having a
general lack of
respect for something. This set of
emotions generally...
- or
contempt of Congress. The verb for "to
commit contempt" is
contemn (as in "to
contemn a
court order") and a
person guilty of this is a
contemnor or...
-
contained in the old
Latin vulgate edition; and
knowingly and
deliberately contemn the
traditions aforesaid; let him be anathema. — Decretum de Canonicis...
- or that such a
killing (or a
failed attempt) will
prompt the m****es to
contemn the
killers and
support the leader's
cause more strongly.
Faced with particularly...
- the Colonies. The
Indian Army in the
Second World War.
Tarak Barkawi. J
Contemn History. 41(2), 325–355.pp:332 Chandra, A.M. (2008).
India Condensed: 5...
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despises work on the land, has
little use for the money-making of towns,
contemns the
rights and
privileges of citizenship, and
desires neither to abandon...
-
forbidden food; and we must
return to it by repentance, obedience, by
contemning things of sight, and
overcoming carnal appetite. Pseudo-Chrysostom: It...
- Plutarch, Moralia. Gr**** and
Roman Parallel Stories "The Athenians, however,
contemning the
barbarian host, sent out nine
thousand men, and
appointed as generals...
- works, and
arrogantly prefers himself to others. Not
content with this he
contemns the publican, whom he
rashly judges a sinner. Thus all
proud men are blind...
- tomogram, tomography, trichotomous,
trichotomy temn-, tempt- –
Latin temnere contemn, contemnible, contempt, contemptible, contumacious, contumacy, contumelious...
