Posted on 09/03/2002 7:03:06 AM PDT by RikaStrom
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....
promulgate \prom-el-gate\, transitive verb:
promulgates, promulgating, promulgated;
promulgation; promulgator; noun
1. To make known (a decree, for example) by public declaration; announce officially.
2. To put (a law) into effect by formal public announcement.
3. To make known by open declaration, as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.
4. To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.
5. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
According to the Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (1971) the term, "cult," originally referred to "worship; reverential homage rendered to a divine being or beings...a particular form or system of religious worship; especially in reference to its external rites and ceremonies ...devotion or homage to a particular person or thing." More recently, the term has taken on additional connotations: "3 : A religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious...4 : A system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator...5 a. great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work...b. a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion." (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition, 1994)
On Using the Term "Cult", Herbert L. Rosedale, Esq. andMichael D. Langone, Ph.D.
Etymology: Latin promulgatus, past participle of promulgare, from pro- forward + -mulgare (probably akin to mulgEre to milk, extract). Date: 1530
Here is my example with WFTD.
Now of course, these near-demented public and journalistic outbursts were partly the result of these misguided souls having immersed themselves for so long in the brain-damaging post-modernist zeitgeist of moral equivalence, cultural relativism and reflex anti-Americanism. However, it's important to note that this self-hating post-modernist sensibility only provided the fabric into which something more fundamental could be sewn: a compulsive need by these haughty elites to symbolically establish their status superiority over the rest of us -- to symbolically demonstrate how much more "understanding," "tolerant" and "reasonable" these lofty souls were as compared to the rest of us flawed and inferior humans.
Glittering, liberal elitist clans
Promulgating from limos where they sit
We're tolerant, We understand
But if you don't believe like us, you're full of …..
Latest figures show the death rate remaining steady at one per person.
NJ, it's time to put out the Torch!
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
US Still Hasn't Got the Message
"What is the name of the scandal that ensued after Bill Clinton escorted a sixteen year old to the big school dance, Alex?"
I think the teach should promulgate rules of conduct for the croqs to prevent such obvious cheating from occurring in the first place.
Good morning all - hope everyone had a restufl weekend!
But what about the old saying "fool me once same on you, fool me twice shame on you"?
A+
I thought you knew better than to answer the phone before class opens??
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