namby-pamby
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nam·by-pam·by
/ ˈnambē ˈpambē/
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adj. derog.
lacking energy, strength, or courage; feeble or effeminate in behavior or expression:
these weren't namby-pamby fights, but brutal affairs where heads hit the sidewalk.
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n.
(pl. -bies)
a feeble or effeminate person.
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William Tyndale and the Law.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...postmoderns. This is very much true of William Tyndale and the Law, an attempt in large...much is left of the link between Tyndale and Luther. There are several...including Anne Richardson on "William Tyndale and the Bill of Rights," which...
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The Theology of William Tyndale.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...S. Werrell. The Theology of William Tyndale. Cambridge: James Clarke...ISBN: 0-227-67985-7. William Tyndale (ca. 1494-1536) is best...of Jonah. Today, interest in William Tyndale's work touches a variety of...
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"The Light of Printing": William Tyndale, John Foxe, John Day, and Early Modern Print Culture [*].
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...culture following the death of William Tyndale, translator of the New Testament...Bible into the vernacular and for William Tyndale's translation of the New Testament...combination of the life and works of William Tyndale, as documented and edited by...
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William Tyndale: A Biography.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...scholar David Daniell has championed William Tyndale, the early Tudor Protestant martyr...portions of the Old Testament that Tyndale completed (New Haven and London...the 1611 Authorized Version are Tyndale's work. In this delightfully...
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William Tyndale: A Biography.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...the book's point is nevertheless plain: William Tyndale was a great translator, ranking with William Shakespeare in his achievement and contribution...making this case through a careful reading of Tyndale's translations of the Bible from Greek...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Heretic and hero; William Tyndale's efforts to translate the Bible into English resulted in his being martyred, garrotted and burned as a heretic.(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 7/29/2002; ; 700+ words
; Byline: ADAM NICHOLSON WILLIAM Tyndale, in a smaller and subsidiary...triumph. There have been lives of Tyndale before - hagiographical in the...printing and IF GOD SPARE MY LIFE: William Tyndale, the English Bible and Sir Thomas...
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William Tyndale: A Biography
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; William Tyndale: A Biography. By David Daniell...s biography appeared as part of the William Tyndale Quincentenary celebrations (1494...America Press as the Independent Works of William Tyndale. Daniell is well aware of the work...
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Bible battles.(God's Bestseller: William Tyndale, Thomas More, And The Writing Of The English Bible--A Story Of Martyrdom And Betrayal)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; GOD'S BESTSELLER: WILLIAM TYNDALE, THOMAS MORE, AND THE WRITING OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE--A STORY...way. The hero of his tale and the victim of the intrigue is William Tyndale, English priest, Oxford-trained linguist, and early Lutheran...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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A hero for the information age; William Tyndale.(Brief biography)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/20/2008; 700+ words
; ...impulsive young man called William Tyndale arrived in London...cascade into England. Tyndale has been described as...English are the plays of William Shakespeare and the Authorised...when it was published; Tyndale had been strangled...
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Let there be light. (William Tyndale's translation of the Holy Bible)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/15/1994; 700+ words
; ...no one knows exactly when--William Tyndale was born in Gloucestershire...the Authorized Version, not Tyndale's. The vastly influential Book...nor the scholars of Geneva. William Tyndale did. If lovers of English...
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William Tyndale
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
William Tyndale William Tyndale (ca. 1495-1536) was the greatest of all English biblical scholars. His translation of the Bible into English formed the major part of the Authorized Version, or King James Bible. William Tyndale was born in...
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Tyndale, William
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Tyndale, William ( c. 1494–1536). Translator of the Bible. Tyndale was probably from a Gloucestershire family...and burned by the authorities. In 1528 Tyndale issued The Obedience of a Christian Man...
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TYNDALE, William
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
TYNDALE, William [ c. 1492–1536]. English cleric, BIBLE translator, and Protestant martyr. Born in Gloucestershire, he studied...
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Tyndale's Bible
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Tyndale's Bible the translation of the New Testament from Greek to English made by the English translator and Protestant martyr William Tyndale ( c. 1494–1536), and printed at Worms 1525–...
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Tindal, William
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Tindal, William. See TYNDALE, WILLIAM .
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