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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Andre Ernest Modeste Gretry
• Modeste Petrovich Moussorgsky
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• ܢܟ݂ܶܦ݂
• ܢܰܟ݂ܦ݁ܳܐ
• κόσμιος , κοσμίως
Trench's NT Synonyms
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"orderly, well-arranged, decent, modest" (akin to kosmos, in its primary sense as "harmonious arrangement, adornment;" cp. kosmikos, of the world, which is related to kosmos in its secondary sense as the world), is used in 1 Timothy 2:9 of the apparel with which Christian women are to adorn themselves; in 1 Timothy 3:2 (RV, "orderly;" AV, "of good behavior"), of one of the qualifications essential for a bishop or overseer. "The well-ordering is not of dress and demeanor only, but of the inner life, uttering indeed and expressing itself in the outward conversation" (Trench, Syn., xcii). In the Sept., Ecclesiastes 12:9 .