keep+silence
1Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence — An ancient chant of Eucharistic devotion based on the verses taken from Habakkuk 2:20 Let all the earth keep silence before Him taken from one of the books of the 12 minor prophets of Bible. The original was composed in Greek as a Cherubic Hymn… …
2Silence Day — is the name the followers of Meher Baba give to their practice of commemorating July 10th of each year by maintaining verbal silence for twenty four hours.From July 10, 1925 until his death in 1969, Meher Baba was silent. He communicated first by …
3Keep — (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I… …
4Silence — • All writers on the spiritual life uniformly recommend, nay, command under penalty of total failure, the practice of silence Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Silence Silence …
5Silence — Si lence, interj. Be silent; used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
6silence — n. 1) to impose silence 2) to keep, maintain, observe silence 3) to break (the) silence 4) (an) awkward; dead; eerie; hushed; ominous; prolonged; stony silence 5) (a) complete, perfect, total, utter; stony; stunned silence 6) silence reigns 7) in …
7keep — [c]/kip / (say keep) verb (kept, keeping) –verb (t) 1. to maintain in one s action or conduct: to keep watch; to keep step; to keep silence. 2. to cause to continue in some place, position, state, course, or action specified: to keep a light… …
8silence is a woman’s best garment — Cf. SOPHOCLES Ajax 1. 293 γυναιξὶ κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει, silence is a woman’s ornament. The passage of St. Paul alluded to in quot. 1539 is I CORINTHIANS xiv. 34 (AV) Let your women keep silence in the churches, for it is not permitted unto them to …
9Silence — is a relative or total lack of audible sound you can not hear a thing it is quiet. Silence in Social Interaction: Functions, Meanings, and Interpretations Silence in social interaction is the absence of speech. Silence in this arena can be… …
10silence — [n] absence of sound, speech blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush hush*, inarticulateness, iron curtain*, laconism, lull, muteness, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, quietus, reserve,… …
