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Rotter Posted 20 years ago
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Keel
Pope Benedict XVI has become the first pontiff to visit the site of a holy icon thought to carry an imprint of the face of Christ - the Veil of Veronica.
The Pope prayed before the piece of cloth, which is guarded by Capuchin monks in Manoppello, Italy.
The veil is believed to have been used by a woman called Veronica to wipe the sweat from Christ's brow as he carried the cross from Jerusalem to Golgotha.
Displaying Vatican caution, the Pope did not mention the icon's origins.
But he spent several minutes keeling to pray before the relic, known as the "Sacred Visage".
He told those gathered that the reason for his visit was "so that together we can try to better know the face of our Lord, so that from it we can find strength in love and peace that can show us the path".
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What is the meaning of the following of the above? The word 'keel' is strange to me. Your comments, please.
But he spent several minutes keeling to pray before the relic, known as the "Sacred Visage".
The Pope prayed before the piece of cloth, which is guarded by Capuchin monks in Manoppello, Italy.
The veil is believed to have been used by a woman called Veronica to wipe the sweat from Christ's brow as he carried the cross from Jerusalem to Golgotha.
Displaying Vatican caution, the Pope did not mention the icon's origins.
But he spent several minutes keeling to pray before the relic, known as the "Sacred Visage".
He told those gathered that the reason for his visit was "so that together we can try to better know the face of our Lord, so that from it we can find strength in love and peace that can show us the path".
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What is the meaning of the following of the above? The word 'keel' is strange to me. Your comments, please.
But he spent several minutes keeling to pray before the relic, known as the "Sacred Visage".
Top answer
book=Third&va=swoon -- usually used with over <so tired he keel ed over onto the bed> <just one drink, and keel ed right over -- George Spanner> Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged . Merriam-Webster, 2002 ---------
- book=Third&va=swoon -- usually used with over <so tired he keel ed over onto the bed> <just one drink, and keel ed right over -- George Spanner> Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged .
- Merriam-Webster, 2002 ---------
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Most probably, a typo:
kneeling
If not a typo, it's collapse/fall to the ground:
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keel
2 : to fall in or as if in a faint : http://
kneeling
If not a typo, it's collapse/fall to the ground:
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keel
2 : to fall in or as if in a faint : http://
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Marius HancuMost probably, a typo:
kneeling
If not a typo, it's collapse/fall to the ground:
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keel
2 : to fall in or as if in a faint : -- usually used with over<so tired he keeled over onto the bed> <ju
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In fact, I was so sure it was "kneeling" that I had to go back and read it two more times to FIND keeling. I vote for the typo explanation.
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Grammar GeekIn fact, I was so sure it was "kneeling" that I had to go back and read it two more times to FIND keeling.Marius has a sharp eye!
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That is certainly true! (Philip, did YOU see it the first time through? Of coure, I was looking for "keel" which is the spine of the ship, so I had a filter in place already when I was reading.)
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Grammar GeekThat is certainly true! (Philip, did YOU see it the first time through? Of coure, I was looking for "keel" which is the spine of the ship, so I had a filter in place already when I was reading.)Actually, I did see it the first time through. However, like you, I was thinking "keel" when I read the original subject head.
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