The portion begins: "Now Korach... a Levite (and cousin of Moses and Aaron!), betook himself, along with Dathan and Aviram... of the tribe of Reuven, to rise up against Moses, together with 250 Israelites, chieftains of the community, chosen in the assembly, men of repute" (Numbers 16:162).
In Stowe's view Savile was "a man of no repute whatsoever", but "we had no indication whatsoever that he was in any way suspect of doubtful behaviour … where he was involved with the NHS," the report said.
After barmy refereeing helped the hosts scrape past Senegal in the semi-finals, the Ivorians called for the final to be officiated by a man of impeccable repute - so why the nod was given to an official who was suspended two years ago for trying to influence the decision of another referee is a riddle to outfox any sphinx.
(Aristotle appropriates this term from ordinary Greek, in which an endoxos is a notable or honourable man, a man of high repute whom we would spontaneously respect though we might, of course, upon closer inspection, find cause to criticize him).
Prince Oberyn had been found abed with the paramour of old Lord Yronwood, a huge man of fierce repute and short temper.
But you would think that a man of such reputed brilliance and erudition (I'm talking about Holmes) would at least know how to pronounce the word "heinous" or use "crescendo" properly in a sentence.
Should the orator be a small child, a man of ill-repute, or one supposed to be hostile to the audience or should the question be devoid of interest for the audience, there is little chance that the orator will be allowed to speak or that he will be listened to.
Even those acquitted were subject to exile from England if they were deemed men of ill repute.
After all, he said, before he built the place, the lot it sat on was a junkyard filled with busted bicycles, rusted cars and men of dubious repute.
Sons of senators and men of good repute and substance who had served in the army and the vigintiviri ("board of twenty," minor magistracy) could become members by being elected, at age 25 or over, to the quaestorship.
Ernest had a tendency to drink moonshine and play Indian stud poker with men of ill repute, but beneath his roughness there seemed to be tenderness and a trace of insecurity, and Mollie fell in love with him.
