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Jul 14, 2016
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with Anu Gargfane
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: A place of worship.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin fanum (temple). Earliest documented use: 1400s.
USAGE:
“Here, in a fane of stone she ended her days, a shaved priestess of
a grim unloving order.” Tanith Lee; Night’s Master; DAW Books; 1978. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Literature encourages tolerance - bigots and fanatics seldom have any use
for the arts, because they're so preoccupied with their beliefs and actions
that they can't see them also as possibilities. -Northrop Frye, writer and
critic (14 Jul 1912-1991)
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