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- noun See
cosmos .
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- noun Archaic form of
cosmos .
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Examples
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In more than thirty important biblical texts, the Greek New Testament employs the term kosmos, which describes an invisible order or "government behind government."
American Chronicle 2009
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According to Dr. Rolland McCune, the term kosmos emphasizes the present, meaning the present arrangement of things.
SharperIron Mike Harding 2009
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The origin of the word cosmopolitan is borrowed from the Greek word kosmos, meaning world.
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The origin of the word cosmopolitan is borrowed from the Greek word kosmos or cosmos, meaning world.
Patt Cottingham: Goodbye/Hello 12: Moving Toward Cosmopolitan Brands 2009
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As such, the koinos kosmos is as consensual as it is empirical.
THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART THREE Hal Duncan 2007
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In this passage, he uses, for the first time in any extant Greek text, the word kosmos “order” to mean something like “world.”
Doctor, My Eyes 2009
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The Septuagint gives the word kosmos, and the Vulgate, ornatus; the meaning of both words is "ornaments," or garniture.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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The supermodel, 39, gave birth on May 14 with film producer husband Matthew Vaughn at her side… Cosima is derived from the Greek word kosmos which means order or decency.
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I.v. 2. "he hole diakosmesis); Pythagoras being credited with the first application of the word kosmos to the universe.
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But the original Greek word kosmos means world, flesh, or system, depending on context.
brtom commented on the word kosmos
They shall be Kosmos, without monopoly or secrecy, glad to pass anything to any one—hungry for equals night and day. Whitman, Preface 1855
Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son ... Song of Myself
December 9, 2006
milosrdenstvi commented on the word kosmos
A form I prefer to cosmos, but that's just me.
August 16, 2008
1499472546 commented on the word kosmos
KOSMOS - Obliquely bridge in Macedonian:
KOS - oblique, with no right angle;
MOST - bridge
September 28, 2010