Sentence examples for ancient terms from inspiring English sources

Throughout the Old Testament, one is aware of the unnaturalness, in ancient terms, of choosing only one God and sticking with him.

The entire novel is written in a version of Old English and so I had to dig into a word hoard of ancient terms for everyday objects.

Both were Christian terrorists, or "crusaders" in ancient terms.

Collectively - and as an expression of divine creation, to use those ancient terms of legend - we, humankind, are the nexus, made flesh, made drama.

The hairdresser replies, "Frosting is an ancient term".

The name yen derives from an ancient term for Chinese round coins (yuan).

The other group pieces performed by Mereminne (pronounced MEH-ray-MEE-nay, it is an ancient term for mermaid), could have used editing.

Along the way, he also informed the reading public that "No masterpiece… has ever been, or can be, written by anything other than the desnitsa (ancient term for right hand)." Damn the "Remingtons and Macintoshes," suitable only for typing drivel.

London may have the Home Counties, but the French capital is wrapped in something rather more exotic: the Ile-de-France, an ancient term that is now defined as the eight départements that make up the Paris region.

The role of makar – an ancient term for a poet or bard often under royal or noble patronage – was created by the then first minister Jack McConnell and conferred in 2004 on Edwin Morgan without competition, and without controversy since he was seen as so preeminently the man for the job.

He seems to assume that "freedom" is the aspect under which any choice is made, its "formal object," to revive an ancient term.