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Definition of Emphases

Emphases
Emphasis Em"pha*sis, n.; pl. Emphases. [L., fr. Gr. ? significance, force of expression, fr. ? to show in, indicate; ? in + ? to show. See In, and Phase.] 1. (Rhet.) A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience. The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it. --E. Porter. 2. A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis. External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Meaning of Emphases from wikipedia

- orders and third orders reflect a variety of theological and spiritual emphases in the church. Of its seven sacraments, the Eucharist is the prin****l...
- Sahaja Yoga Founder Nirmala Srivastava (aka Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Established 5 May 1970 Practice emphases kundalini, meditation, self-realization...
- The Church of the Nazarene is a Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism...
- divides the year into a series of seasons, each with their theological emphases, and modes of prayer, which can be signified by different ways of decorating...
- Metric fixation – Tendency for decision-makers to place excessively large emphases on selected metrics Newton's flaming laser sword – Verificationist principle...
- Peter Masters has been the Minister of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in central London since 1970. He founded the Evangelical Times, an evangelical newspaper...
- The Sword of the Lord is a Christian fundamentalist, Independent Baptist biw****ly newspaper. The Sword of the Lord is published by Sword of the Lord Ministries...
- 2019.1600774. S2CID 218508624. Mead, Margaret (1943). "Our Educational Emphases in Primitive Perspective". American Journal of Sociology. 48 (6): 633–639...
- demanding that the English Church abandon some of its traditional liturgical emphases, episcopal structures, parish ornaments and the like, the high church position...
- doctor's orders. In Evangelii gaudium Francis revealed what would be the emphases of his pontificate: a missionary impulse among all Catholics, sharing the...