Circumlocution
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Circumlocution (1 Occurrence)

Exodus 6:3 and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them. (See JPS)

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Circumlocution (1 Occurrence)
... (n.) The use of unnecessarily wordy, indirect or roundabout language; a paraphrase.
Multi-Version Concordance Circumlocution (1 Occurrence). ...
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Directly (13 Occurrences)
... 3. (adv.) Without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
4. (adv.) Exactly; just. 5. (adv.) Straightforwardly; honestly. ...
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Male (303 Occurrences)
... to be prominent," here a physiological differentiation of the sex, as neqebhah,
"female," which see); (2) 'ish literally, "man"; (3) by circumlocution, only in ...
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Circumference (4 Occurrences)

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Circuit (27 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors. 8. (n.) Circumlocution.
9. (vi) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. 10. ...
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Circumspect (1 Occurrence)

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Circle (32 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) Indirect form of words; circumlocution. 11. (n.) A territorial division
or district. 12. (n.) To move around; to revolve around. 13. ...
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Circumstance (5 Occurrences)
... or state of things. 2. (n.) An event; a fact; a particular incident. 3.
(n.) Circumlocution; detail. 4. (n.) Condition in regard ...
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Face (780 Occurrences)
... Often "my face," "thy face" is mere oriental circumlocution for the personal pronoun
"I," "me," "thou," "thee." "In thy face" means "in thy presence;" and is ...
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Azazel (3 Occurrences)
... or "dismissal.") It is true that the Septuagint in one place translates eis ten
apopompen, which however could be also an abstract circumlocution for a ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) The use of unnecessarily wordy, indirect or roundabout language; a paraphrase.
Circumference
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