{"id":6219,"date":"2014-03-10T11:02:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T16:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2014-03-10T11:02:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T16:02:45","slug":"vocabulary-bleg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6219","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary Bleg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, in Sunday&#8217;s service (St. Basil Liturgy now that we are in Lent) the phrase &#8220;God is [..] adorable&#8221; appeared. The word &#8220;adorable&#8221; in its original meaning actually came from Christian contexts meaning &#8220;worthy of adoration&#8221; but now mostly is applied to small mammals meaning &#8220;very cute&#8221;. &#8220;Oh, he&#8217;s so adorable&#8221; is not usually applied to God but to kittens, small seals, and babies.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings to mind the question, is there a word in English that means &#8220;worthy of adoration&#8221;? If so what is that word?<\/p>\n<p>I think &#8220;venerable&#8221; has gone through a similar degradation, and similarly I don&#8217;t know a word meaning &#8220;worthy of veneration&#8221; in the English language.<\/p>\n<p>Do you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, in Sunday&#8217;s service (St. Basil Liturgy now that we are in Lent) the phrase &#8220;God is [..] adorable&#8221; appeared. 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