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anacreontic

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Definition of anacreontic

as in English sonnet

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Debate has persisted regarding churches with women serving in assistant pastoral or preaching roles.

— Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Debate has persisted on where to draw the line regarding churches with women serving in assistant pastoral or preaching roles.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 June 2026

Definition of pastoral

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During a recent morning visit, large groups of Jewish worshippers circumambulated the holy site under close police guard, singing psalms at full volume and openly praying.

— Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026
Psalm 23 is numbered Psalm 22 in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate because of differences in how the psalms are divided and numbered.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026

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Montaner had also seen El Cid, the 1961 Charlton Heston epic, and the film’s towers, period costumes, jousting, sword fights, and knights on horseback were all incorporated into the show.

— Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
What differentiates this unsparing epic from the scores of other stories about the Greatest Generation, however, is that some of its characters are good at football.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of epic

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But beyond the familiar Balearics idyll, another Mallorca has been coming into focus.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Read Full Review Designed to tie in the five elements and the five senses, this Greek idyll is built into a mountain and has a large spherical pool as its physical and spiritual center.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of idyll

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By greatly expanding the dimensions of his images, with their muted palettes, tight cropping, found symmetries, and laconic wit, had the maestro of the photographic epigram betrayed his subtractive aesthetic?

— James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Johnson is the author of the epigrams, but Boswell is very much the co-author.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026

Definition of epigram

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The concert will include Renaissance madrigals—one English and one French.

— Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.

— Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 25 Mar. 2025

Definition of madrigal

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