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Religion comes from the Latin word, legare, meaning "to connect."
Russell Bishop: Decade Roundup: 7 Signs We Are Becoming More Spiritually Focused 2009
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Other English words that can be traced back to "legare" include
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If you didn't join us last week, here's a quickie note that may be helpful: the word religion comes from a Latin root, legare, which means "to connect."
Russell Bishop: Could Sleep Aid Your Contact With The Divine? 2010
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The Latin legare means “to dispute” and “to bequeath,” which is fitting when you consider how many bequests are disputed.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The Latin legare means “to dispute” and “to bequeath,” which is fitting when you consider how many bequests are disputed.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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It comes from two words, the prefix re meaning, "to return" and the root legare meaning, "to bind."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Steve McSwain 2010
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To "delegate" is literally or figuratively to send another in one's place, an idea that is reflected in the word's origin; it is a descendant of Latin "legare," meaning
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If we do indeed come from God, or Spirit or the Divine, or whatever other name you find comfortable, then educating oneself may be a form of re-legare, of reconnecting to that which already is, to that which is already living inside.)
Russell Bishop: Could Sleep Aid Your Contact With The Divine? 2010
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"Item quaero an testator legare possit actiones suas?
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
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