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dis-po-si-tion           

(disp-zishn)n. 1. One's usual mood; temperament: a sweet disposition. 2.   A habitual inclination; a tendency: a disposition to disagree. A physical property or tendency: a swelling with a disposition to rupture. 3. Arrangement, positioning, or distribution: a cheerful disposition of colors and textures; a convoy oriented into a north-south disposition. 4. A final settlement: disposition of the deceased's property. 5. An act of disposing of; a bestowal or transfer to another. 6.   The power or liberty to control, direct, or dispose. Management; control.[Middle English disposicioun, from Old French disposition, from Latin dispositio, disposition-, from dispositus, past participle of disponere, to dispose. See DISPOSE.]SYNONYM: disposition, temperament, character, personality, nature

These nouns refer to the combination of qualities that identify a person. Disposition is approximately equivalent to prevailing frame of mind or spirit: "A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side" (George Eliot). Temperament applies broadly to the sum of physical, emotional, and intellectual characteristics that affect or determine a person's actions and reactions: "Her highly strung temperament made her uncertain ... capricious ... enchanting" (George Bernard Shaw). Character especially emphasizes moral and ethical qualities: "Education has for its object the formation of character" (Herbert Spencer). Personality is the sum of distinctive traits that give a person individuality: "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed" (Carl Jung). Nature denotes native or inherent qualities: "It is my habit,--I hope I may say, my nature,--to believe the best of people" (George W. Curtis).

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pa-tri-arch

(patre-ark)n. 1. A man who rules a family, clan, or tribe. 2. In the Old Testament: One of the antediluvian progenitors of the human race, from Adam to Noah. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, or any of Jacob's 12 sons, the eponymous progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel. 3. Used formerly as a title for the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria. 4. Roman Catholic Church. A bishop who holds the highest episcopal rank after the pope. 5. Eastern Orthodox Church. Any one of the bishops of the sees of Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, Moscow, and Jerusalem who has authority over other bishops. 6. Judaism. The head of the Sanhedrin in Syrian Palestine from about 180 B.C. to A.D. 429. 7. Mormon Church. A high dignitary of the priesthood empowered to invoke blessings. 8. One who is regarded as the founder or original head of an enterprise, an organization, or a tradition. 9. A very old, venerable man; an elder. 10. The oldest member of a group: the patriarch of the herd.[Middle English patriarche, from Old French, from Late Latin patriarcha, from Greek patriarkhes : patria, lineage (from pater, patr-, father. See pter-.) + -arkhes, -arch.]

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oblation

(-blashn, o-bla-)n. 1. The act of offering something, such as worship or thanks, to a deity. 2.   Oblation The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist. Something offered, especially the bread and wine of the Eucharist. 3. A charitable offering or gift.[Middle English oblacioun, from Old French oblacion, from Late Latin oblatio, oblation-, from Latin oblatus, past participle of offerre, to offer. See OFFER.]--ob-la'tion-al or ob'la-to'ry (obl-tore, -tore). adj.

 

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 For the children

of

Israel

walked in all the sins

of

Jeroboam

which he did;

 

they

departed

not from

them;

 

Until the Lord removed

Israel

out of his sight,

as he had

said

by

all his servants

the

prophets.

*****

And if

ye

 

will not for all this hearken unto

me,

but walk

contrary unto

me;

 

Then

I

will walk

contrary unto you

also in fury;

 

and I,

even I,

will chastise you seven times

for

your sins.

**

 

If Satan also

be

divided

against himself,

 

how shall his kingdom stand?

because

ye say

that I

cast out devils through

 

Beelzebub.???

 

And if

I

by

Beelzebub cast out devils,

by

whom

do

your sons

cast them out?

 

therefore

shall they

be your judges.

***

 

And ye shall eat the

flesh

of

your sons,

 

*** 

 

 

And Hamor

communed

with them,

saying,

The soul

of

my son

Shechem longeth

for

your daughter:

I

pray you give

her

him to wife.

And make

ye marriages

with us,

and give

 

your daughters

 

unto us,

and take

our daughters

unto you.

**

 

and the flesh

of

your daughters

 shall ye eat.

      

And I

will destroy

your

high places,

 

and cut down

your images,

 

and cast your carcases

upon the

carcases

of

your idols,

 

and my soul

 shall

abhor you.

 

I

will make

your cities waste,

and bring

your

sanctuaries unto desolation,

 

and I

will not smell

the savour

of

your sweet

odours.

 

And I

will bring

the land

into

desolation:

 

and your enemies

which dwell therein

shall be

astonished at it.

 

And I

will

scatter you among

the heathen,

 

and will draw out

a sword after you:

 

and your land

shall be

desolate,

and your cities waste.

 

Then shall the land

enjoy

her

sabbaths,

as long as

it

lieth desolate,

 

and ye be

in

your enemies' land;

 

even then shall

the

land rest,

 

and enjoy

her

sabbaths.

 

As long

as it

lieth desolate

it

shall rest;

 

because

it

did not rest

in

your sabbaths,

 

when ye dwelt

upon

it.

 

***

So was

Israel carried away

out of

 their

own land

to

Assyria

unto this day.

      

And the king

of

Assyria

brought men

 

from Babylon,

and from Cuthah,

and from Ava,

and from Hamath,

and from Sepharvaim,

and placed them in the cities

of

Samaria instead

of the

children of Israel:

 

and they

possessed Samaria,

and dwelt

in the

cities thereof.

 

And so it was

at

the beginning

of

their dwelling there,

 

that they

feared not the Lord:

 

therefore the

Lord

sent lions among

them,

 

which slew some

of

them.

**

 

None shall

be

weary

nor stumble among

them;

 

none shall slumber nor sleep;

neither shall

the girdle

of

their loins be loosed,

 

nor the latchet

of

their shoes

be

broken:

 

Whose arrows are sharp,

 and all their bows bent,

their horses' hoofs shall

be

counted like flint,

and their

wheels

like a whirlwind.

Their roaring shall

be

like a lion,

they shall roar like young lions:

 

yea,

 

they shall roar,

 

and lay hold

of the

prey,

 

and shall carry it away safe,

and none shall deliver it.

****

 

Wherefore they spake

to the

king of Assyria,

saying,

 

The nations which thou hast removed,

and placed in the cities

of

Samaria,

 

know not the manner

of the

God

of

the land:

 

therefore

he

hath sent lions among

 them,

and,

behold,

 

they

slay

them,

 

because

they

know not

the

manner

of the

God

of

the land.

 

Then the

king of Assyria

commanded,

saying,

Carry thither

one

of the

priests whom

ye

brought from thence;

 

and let them go

and dwell there,

and let him teach them

the manner

of

the

God

of the

land.

 

Then one

of the

priests

whom they

had carried

away from

Samaria

came and dwelt

in

Bethel,

 

and taught them

how they

should fear

the Lord.

 

Howbeit

every nation

made

gods

of

their own,

 

and put them

in the

houses

of the

high places

which the

Samaritans

had

made,

 

every nation

in

 

their cities

 

wherein they dwelt.

 

They feared

the

Lord,

 

and served

their own gods,

after the manner

of the

nations whom

they

carried away

from

thence.

 

Unto this day

 they do after

the

former manners:

 

 they fear not

the Lord,

 

neither

do they

after

their statutes,

or after

their ordinances,

or after

the

law

and commandment

which the

Lord

Commanded

 

the

children

of

Jacob,

**

 

And I will make

thy

 seed to multiply

as the

stars of heaven,

 

and will give unto

thy seed

all these countries;

and in

thy seed

shall

all the nations of the earth be blessed;

       Because that Abraham

 

obeyed

my voice,

 

and kept

my charge,

my commandments,

my statutes,

and my laws.

**

Neither shall

thy name

any more

be

called

Abram,

 

but thy

name shall

be

Abraham;

for a

father of many nations

have

I

made thee.

******

 

 

And he said,

 

Thy

name shall

be

called

no more

 

Jacob,

 

but Israel:

for

as a

prince

hast thou

power

with God

 

and with men,

 

and hast prevailed.

**

whom he named

Israel;

 

With whom

the

Lord

had made

a

covenant,

and charged them,

saying,

 

Ye

shall not fear

other gods,

 

nor bow yourselves

to them,

nor serve

them,

 nor sacrifice

to

them:

 

But the Lord,

***

 

I

have given you

every herb bearing seed,

 

which is upon

the face

of

all the earth,

and every tree,

in the which

is the

fruit of a tree

yielding seed;

to

you it shall be for meat.

**

And he said,

 

Who told thee

that

 

thou wast

 

naked?

***

 

And when

I

passed by thee,

and saw thee

polluted in thine own blood,

 

I

said

unto thee

when thou wast

in

thy blood,

 

Live;

yea,

I

said unto thee

when thou wast

in

thy blood,

 

Live.

I

have caused

thee to multiply

as

the

 bud of the field,

 

and thou hast

increased

and waxen great,

and thou

art come

to

excellent ornaments:

 

thy breasts

are fashioned,

and thine hair

is grown,

 

whereas thou wast naked

and bare.

Now

when I passed

by

thee,

and looked upon thee,

 

behold,

thy time was the time

of

love;

and I spread

my skirt over

thee,

**

 

And he said,

Who

art thou?

And she answered,

I am

Ruth

thine handmaid:

spread therefore

thy skirt

over

thine handmaid;

for

thou art

a

near kinsman.

 

***

 

and covered

thy

nakedness:

 

yea,

I

sware

 unto thee,

and entered

into

a

covenant

with thee,

 

saith the

Lord God,

and thou

becamest mine.

    

Then washed

I

thee with water;

yea,

 

I

throughly

washed away

thy blood

from thee,

 

and

I

anointed

thee with oil.

**

 

Ye mountains

of Gilboa,

let there

be

no dew,

***

 

And he came near,

and kissed him:

and he smelled

the smell

of

his raiment,

and blessed him,

and said,

See,

 

the smell

of

my son

is as

the

smell of a field

**

and

it

came to pass,

when they were

in the

field,

that Saul

rose up against

Simon

his brother,

and slew him.

***

which the

Lord

hath blessed:

Therefore

God

give thee

of the

dew of heaven,

and the fatness

of the

earth,

and plenty

of

corn

and wine:

**

neither

 

let there

be

rain,

upon you,

nor

fields of offerings:

 

for there

the shield

of the

mighty is vilely cast away,

 

the shield

of

Saul,

as though

he

had not been

anointed

with oil.

***

clothed thee

also

with

broidered work,

and shod thee

with

badgers' skin,

and I

girded thee about

with

fine linen,

and I

covered

thee

with silk.

I

 decked thee

also with

ornaments,

and I

put bracelets upon

thy hands,

**

 

And she said,

Thy signet,

and thy bracelets,

and thy staff

that

isin

thine hand.

And he gave

it

her,

and came

in

unto her,

 

and she

conceived

by

him.

***

 

and a chain on thy neck.

And I

put a jewel

on

thy forehead,

and earrings

in thine ears,

 

and a beautiful crown

upon thine head.

Thus

wast thou decked

with

gold and silver;

 

and thy raiment

was of

fine linen,

and silk,

 

and broidered work;

 

thou didst eat fine flour,

 

and honey,

 

and oil:

 

and thou wast

exceeding beautiful,

and thou didst prosper

into a

kingdom.

**

 

who

brought

you

up out

of the

land of Egypt

with

great power

and a stretched out arm,

 

him shall

ye fear,

and him shall

 ye worship,

 

and to him shall

ye do

sacrifice.

 

And this gospel

of the

kingdom

shall be preached

 

in

all the

world

for a witness

unto all nations;

 

and then shall the end come.

      

When ye therefore

shall see

the

abomination

of

desolation,

 

spoken of by

Daniel the prophet,

stand in the holy place,

(whoso readeth, let him understand:)

 

**

 

And after

threescore

and two weeks

**

and make thy name great;

and thou shalt

be a

blessing:

**

shall Messiah

be

cut off,

 

but not

for

himself:

***

 

And he

said,

Thy

name shall

be

called no more

 

Jacob,

but Israel:

for as a

prince

hast thou

power with

God

and with men,

and hast prevailed.

**

 

and the people

of the

prince

that shall come

shall

destroy

the city

and the sanctuary;

and the end thereof

shall be with a flood,

 

and unto

the end

of

the

war desolations

are

determined.

And he shall

confirm the covenant

with many

for

one week:

and in the midst

of the

week he shall cause

the sacrifice

and the oblation

to

cease,

and for the

overspreading

of

abominations

he

shall make

it

desolate,

 even until

the

consummation,

 

and that determined

shall be poured

upon the desolate.

***

 

Bring no more

vain

oblations;

incense

is an

abomination

unto me;

***

 

And to offer

all burnt

sacrifices

unto the

Lord

in the

sabbaths,

in the

new moons,

and on the set feasts,

by number,

according

to the

order commanded

unto them,

continually before

the Lord:

**

the

new moons

and sabbaths,

the calling

of

assemblies,

**

 

Wherefore didst

thou

flee away secretly,

 

and steal

away

from me;

 

and didst

not tell me,

that I

might have sent

thee

away with

mirth,

and with songs,

with tabret,

and with harp?

***

I

cannot

away with;

it is

inequity,

even the solemn meeting.

 

ISamuel