When Egyptian Muslims later ceased to call themselves Aigyptioi, the term became the distinctive name of the Christian minority.
Traditional owners have never ceased to call for the return of all skeletal remains to their homelands, the shores of Lake Mungo.
Zoo Art Fair, Frieze's younger sister, set up to showcase new and non-commercial galleries in 2004, has ceased to call itself an art fair, rebranding as Zoo 2009.
Of course, there will be some sadness and regret about losing our traditional moniker — old habits die hard and "philosophy" can boast a proud history — but the benefits will outweigh the costs, just as ceasing to call the sciences "philosophy" had its pros and cons but was the wise decision in the end.
On this night, just this once, may we cease to call these children wicked.
The IOC attempted to have the countries compete together but when this proved to be unacceptable the IOC demanded that Taiwan cease to call itself the "Republic of China".
A legal battle ensued, resulting in Ely ceasing to call his group the Kingsmen and Wand Records being required to credit Ely as lead vocalist on all future "Louie Louie" pressings.
As Bertrand Russell (himself no slouch at physics and mathematics) observed, philosophy aims at knowledge, and as soon as it obtains definite knowledge in a specific area, that area ceases to be called "philosophy".
This is why, Gottlieb observes, people complain that philosophy never seems to be making progress: "Any corner of it that comes generally to be regarded as useful soon ceases to be called philosophy".
It is our cultural practice, as long as the cord gets off it ceases to be called a newborn.
