millstone
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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millstone each of two circular stones used for grinding corn; often with reference to Matthew 18:6 ‘whoso shall offend one of these little ones…it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.’
a millstone round one's neck in figurative use, a heavy and inescapable responsibility; also referring to a method of executing people by throwing them into deep water with a heavy stone attached to them, a fate believed to have been suffered by several early Christian martyrs.
See also
nether millstone.
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Northwestern cherubs fly away home
News Wire article from: University Wire; 7/30/1998; ; 690 words
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Ezekiel's Cherub: A promising symbol or a dangerous idol?
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
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Cherubs reminds consumers to test its pacifiers, send back any which come apart for free replacement. (Cherubs Collection)
PR Newswire; 8/21/1990; 627 words
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Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/17/1999; ; 700+ words
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FREE-THE-CHERUB EFFORT SUCCEEDS; DOWNTOWN INDY FIXTURE TO RETURN
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 12/17/1992; 607 words
; ...B7, North Lake. A half-ton bronze cherub that was a Christmas fixture in the city...Elsa Kramer, a member of the Free the Cherub Committee, a tongue-in-cheek group...printed bumper stickers that say "Free the Cherub! Boycott Ayres," was started as a joke...
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Summer of possibilities Northwestern's Cherubs program just one way teens can test career paths
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/8/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...thanks to Northwestern University's "Cherubs" program-- officially the National...the Latin School, he enrolled in the Cherubs' theater program, where "we'd start...day" and rehearsals until 10 p.m. "Cherubs helped me decide that I did not want to...
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CHERUB IS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 12/20/1992; 610 words
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In celebration of cherubs. (Saturday Evening Post covers)
Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/3/1987; ; 640 words
; ...founder Ralph Dennis. "Cherubs they ain't," Dennis...directing." Another cherub in the institute's...Lynn Goodnight said the cherubs come from the top quarter...session. Why do the cherubs give up summer jobs and...received letters from cherub grads that say, "You...
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cherubim
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
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cherub
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...the plural form is cherubim . In art, the word denotes a representation of a cherub, depicted as a chubby...the plural form is cherubim or cherubs . Recorded from Old English...representation of the cherub as a child.
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Cherubim
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Cherubim An order of angels , often represented as figures wholly or partly human...they are frequently spoken of in later biblical history. Sometimes the cherubim have two or more faces, and sometimes are of composite animal form.
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Cherub
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Cherub (from Heb., keruv ). A winged heavenly creature.
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Images of Childhood
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
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