Aries 29: A celestial choir singing

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d e r i v a t i v e s a r e t he F r e n c h c ie l , t he S p a n i s h c i e l o , a n d t h e I t a l i a n c ie l o , a l l o f w h i c h m e a n s k y . T h e wo r d s k y i s a d e r i v a t i v e o f the Indo-European (IE) root skeu- which means to c o v e r, c o n c e a l. 2 Paronyms i n c l u d e c u st o d y , cu t i cl e , h i d e , ho a r d , h o se , h u d d l e , hu t , o b s c u r e , r e c o i l , s c u m , a n d s k i m . The word choir descends from the IndoE u r o p e a n ( IE ) r oo t g h e r - 1 m e a n i n g t o grasp, enclose.3 Paronyms include yard, carol, choral, chorus, c o ho r t , court, c o u r t e o u s , cu r t s y , ga r d e n , g i r t h , g i r d l e , ha n ga r , o r c h a r d . The word singing descends from the IE root sengw- which means to s i n g , m a k e a n i n c a n t a t i o n . 4 P a r o n y ms i n c l u d e t h e w o r d s o n g , a s w e l l a s t h r e e c o mp o u n d wo r d s M e i s t e r s in g e r , m i n n e s in g e r , a n d s i n g s p i e l e a c h o f w h i c h i s o f Ge r m a n o r i g i n . T H E M E S : T h e f i r s t t h e m e c o n ce r n s SI N G E R S . A ch o i r i s a n o r g a n i z e d c o m p a n y o f s i n ge r s ; e s p e c i a l l y o n e p e r f o r m i n g c h u r c h m u s i c o r s i n g i n g i n a c h u r c h . 5 P a r o n y m s o f c h o i r i n c lu d e c h o ru s ( a b o d y o f s i n g e r s w h o p e r f o r m c h o r a l c o m p o s i t i o n s, u s u a l ly h a v i n g m o r e t h a n o n e s i n g e r f o r each part). A s e c o n d t he m e c on c e r n s SO NGS . R e ca l l t h a t o n e o f t h e p a r o n y m s of si ngi ng i n c l u d e s s o n g w h i l e p a r o n y m s o f c hoi r i n cl u d e c h o ra l e ( A
1 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=celestial 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 78 3 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Di ctionary of Indo European Roots, p. 30 4 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 75 5 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/choir Starling Hunter 2011 1

h a r m o n i z e d h y m n , e s p e ci a l l y o n e f o r o r g a n . ) , c a ro l ( a s o n g o f p r a i se o r j o y , e sp e ci a l l y f o r C h r i s t m a s ) , a n d c h o ru s ( a r e f r a i n i n w h i c h o t h e r s, s u c h a s a u d i e n ce me m b e r s, j o i n a s o l oi s t i n a s o n g ) . A t h i r d t h e m e c o n c e r n s U N D E RG A RM E N T S . O n e o f t he p a r o n y m s o f c h o i r i s g i r d l e , a n e l a st i ci z e d , f l e x i b l e u n d e r g a r m e n t w o r n o v e r t h e w a i s t a n d h i p s, e sp e c i a l l y b y w o m e n , t o g i v e t h e b o d y a m o r e s l e n d e r appearance.6 Among the paronyms of sky is the word hose which means s t o c k i n g s ; s o c k s , c l o s e - f i t t i n g b r e e c h e s o r l e g g i n g s r e a c h i n g u p t o t he hips and fastened to a doublet. 7 The compound panty hose refers to a o n e - p i e ce u n d e r g a r m e n t f o r w o m e n . 8 LEGAL SYSTEM: T h e n o u n c u st o d y i s a p a r o n y m o f c e l e st i a l a n d means the state of being detained or held under guard, especially by the p o l i c e . 9 T h e w o r d c o u r t i s a p a r o n y m o f ch o i r a n d i n t hi s c o n t e x t r e f e rs t o a p e r s on o r b o d y o f p e r s on s wh o s e t a s k i s t o he a r a n d s u b mi t a d e c i s i on o n ca s e s a t l a w . 10 M A N N E R: T h e r e i s a b r o a d d i c h ot o m y b e t we e n t wo p e r s on a l i t y c h a r a c t e r i s t i cs a s so c i a t e d w i t h c h o i r a n d h e a ve n . A m on g t h e p a r on y m s o f t h e f o r m e r i s t h e w o r d c o u r t e o u s , a s y n on y m o f p o l i t e t ha t m e a n s c h a r a ct e r i z e d b y g r a c i o u s c o n si d e r a t i o n t o w a r d o t he r s . 11 I n m a r k e d c o n t r a s t i s a c e r b ic , a p a r on y m o f he a ve n t h a t m e a n s a c i d i n t e mp e r, m o o d , o r t on e a n d w h o s e s y n o n y ms i n c l u d e s a r c a s t i c , b i t i n g , c a u s t i c, s c a t h i n g , s ma r t - a l e c k y , a n d s n a r k y . 12 N A M E S : A m o n g t he p a r on y m s o f t he c h o i r i s c a r o l , a w o r d w h o s e c a p i t o n y m i s Ca r o l , a ma l e o r f e m a le g i v e n n a m e . f e m a l e s g i ve n n a me . T he p a r o n y m s o f t h e h e a ve n i n c l u d e t he w o r d e s t e r , a w o r d w h o s e h o m o n y m i s E s t he r , a

6 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/girdle 7 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/hose 8 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/panty+hose 9 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/custody 10 h t t p : / / e d u c a t i o n . y a h o o . c o m / r e f e r e n c e / d i c t i o n a r y / e n t r y / c o u r t 11 h t t p : / / e d u c a t i o n . y a h o o . c o m / r e f e r e n c e / d i c t i o n a r y / e n t r y / c o u r t e o u s 12 h t t p : / / w w w . m e r r i a m - w e b s t e r . c o m / d i c t i o n a r y / a c e r b i c Starling Hunter 2011 2