What does Aforetime mean?

Definition of aforetime
(Entry 1 of 2) archaic. : formerly.
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What does Aforetime mean in the Bible?

(archaic) In times now past; formerly.
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How do I use Aforetime?

How to use Aforetime in a sentence. Here the bread and wine become by consecration tenements in which the Word is reincarnated, as he aforetime dwelled in flesh.
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What does a aforesaid mean?

Definition of aforesaid

: said or named before or above.
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Is Aforestated a word?

Adjective. Stated earlier in a document.
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Does virtue mean virginity?

chastity; virginity: to lose one's virtue. a particular moral excellence. Compare cardinal virtues, natural virtue, theological virtue. a good or admirable quality or property: the virtue of knowing one's weaknesses.
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What does admonition mean in the Bible?

Definition of admonition

1 : gentle or friendly reproof remembered the admonition to keep it simple. 2 : counsel or warning against fault or oversight the principal's admonition against bullying.
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Where does the term aught come from?

History and Etymology for aught

Pronoun and Adverb. Middle English, from Old English āwiht, from ā ever + wiht creature, thing — more at aye, wight. Noun. alteration (resulting from false division of a naught) of naught.
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What do you mean by formerly?

Definition of formerly

1 : at an earlier time : previously. 2 obsolete : just before.
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What is the meaning of Romans 15 verse 4?

Biblical Translations of Romans 15:4

And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God's promises to be fulfilled. ESV. For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
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What was written in the past was written to teach us?

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
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What kind of word is heretofore?

Up to the present time; from the origin to this point.
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Why are the 2000s called the aughts?

The aughts is a way of referring to the decade 2000 to 2009 in American English. The equivalent term used in British English is the noughties. These arise from the words aught and nought respectively, both meaning zero.
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Why do people call 0 ought?

However, "aught" and "ought" are also sometimes used as names for 0, in contradiction of their strict meanings. The reason for this is a rebracketing, whereby "a nought" and "a naught" have been misheard as "an ought" and "an aught".
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Why do we call zero O?

Nothing Nought (Nought had been done) Null (nothing/zero) 0 ("oh" - a number or letter) zero Many centuries ago, the number "0" was not used. When the idea of using "0" in arithmetic became better known about, it made a big change to how people thought about numbers, and what they could do with them.
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What does admonish mean in the KJV Bible?

transitive verb. 1a : to indicate duties or obligations to. b : to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner were admonished for being late.
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What is the admonition of Paul?

We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul [—] "[W]e believe all things[,] we hope all things," we have endured many things[,] and hope to be able to endure all things.
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What is an example of admonition?

Asking someone to be cautious is an example of an admonition. A judge's advice, cautionary statement, direction, reprimand, or warning to a jury, lawyer, party, spectator, or witness regarding any matter that arises during a judicial proceeding.
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What does the Catholic Church teach about virginity?

The entire tradition of the church has firmly upheld that a woman must have received the gift of virginity—that is, both material and formal (physical and spiritual)–in order to receive the consecration of Virgins.”
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What does it mean when someone has a vice?

Definition of vice

(Entry 1 of 4) 1a : moral depravity or corruption : wickedness. b : a moral fault or failing. c : a habitual and usually trivial defect or shortcoming : foible suffered from the vice of curiosity.
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What are the 7 Holy virtues?

seven deadly sins

…can be overcome with the seven corresponding virtues of (1) humility, (2) charity, (3) chastity, (4) gratitude, (5) temperance, (6) patience, and (7) diligence.
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How do you use aforementioned in a sentence?

Examples of 'aforementioned' in a sentence aforementioned
  1. It was once the family home of the aforementioned poet. ...
  2. An abbey three miles southwest, almost on the doorstep of the aforementioned hamlet.
  3. I am motoring east on a bracing winter's day towards the aforementioned town.
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What is a aforementioned law?

(chiefly in legal documents) stated or mentioned before or already.
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