Originally an earthly king ruling by divine appointment (" the anointed one ", as the title Messiah had it ), the " son of David " became in the last two pre-Christian centuries the apocalyptic and heavenly one who would deliver Israel and usher in a new kingdom.

Originally king of Gwynedd, by 1055 he was ruler of almost all of Wales and had annexed parts of England around the border.

Originally, the Swedish king had little power, and that was restricted to the functions of a warchief, judge and priest at the Temple at Uppsala ( see Germanic king ).

Originally a council of nobles advising a king, boulai evolved according to the constitution of the city ; in oligarchies boule positions might be hereditary, while in democracies members were typically chosen by lot, and served for one year.

Originally only an " exceptional " tax ( i. e. imposed and collected in times of need, as the king was expected to survive on the revenues of the " domaine royal ", or lands that belonged to him directly ), the taille became permanent in 1439, when the right to collect taxes in support of a standing army was granted to Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years ' War.

Originally, the term customs meant any customary payments or dues of any kind ( for example, to the king, or a bishop, or the church ), but later became restricted to duties payable to the king on the import or export of goods.

Originally named the Puente del Rey, it was constructed over the Antigua River by the Spanish in 1806 on the camino del Rey ( highway of the king ), later the National Road, between Vera Cruz and Mexico City.

Originally, the deputy county head was a personal employee of the king and thus the main person through which the king exercised influence in the county.

Originally, from Joshimath, during their reign they dominated lands of varying extent from the ' Katyur ' ( modern day Baijnath ) valley in Kumaon, between 7th and 11th centuries AD, and established their capital, at Baijnath in Bageshwar district, which was then known as Kartikeyapura and lies in the centre of ' Katyur ' valley. Brahmadev mandi in Kanchanpur District of Nepal was established by Katyuris king Brahma deo.

Originally, they formed a network of royal estates, called Uppsala öd, that were the property of the Swedish king.

Originally from Romania, the hora is today the unofficial king of Jewish and Israeli folk dances.

Originally, there were a limited number of knights, at first thirty-one, then increased to thirty-six including the king.

Originally founded in 1902 as a society called the Hot Feet, the society was known primarily for its public ceremonies in which it crowned the society's " king.

Originally compiled in Sanskrit, the Panchatantra was rendered, by order of Persian Sassanid king Anushiravan ( Khosrau I ), in the sixth century, A. D., into Persian.

Originally named Hirmata, the city owed its importance in the 19th century to being located on the caravan route between Shewa and the Kingdom of Kaffa, as well as being only six miles from the palace of the king of Jimma.

Originally it was named Kanał Królewski (), after the Polish king, since he was the initiator of the project.

Originally a member of king Narai's extended family ( two of his relatives were among Narai's wives ), he was a trusted councilor of Narai, and leader of the Royal Elephant Corps.

Originally King Vanraj Chavda established this new city and named Anahilpur Patan OR Anhilvad Patan after the name of his very close friend and the pioneer in establishing the state of Patan, the long fought battle against the then ruler from south with help of local tribals, citizens and loyal warriors to his father The king of state Panchasara few kilometers away from Patan today.

Originally located on the left bank of the river Kish, the town sat lower down the hill, however Shaki was moved to its present location after a devastating flood in 1772 and became the capital of Shaki Khanate.

Originally designed as a lightweight anchor for seaplanes, this design consists of two plow-like blades mounted to a shank, with a folding stock crossing through the crown of the anchor.

Originally called the Binghamton Public Library, it was created with a gift of $ 75, 000 from Carnegie.

Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the effective range of personal weapons.

Originally published in modern Hebrew, with a running commentary to facilitate learning, his Steinzaltz edition of the Talmud has also been translated into English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Originally the teachers communicated with the children via radio, but now satellite telecommunication is used instead.

Originally combined with the Book of Nehemiah in a single book of Ezra-Nehemiah, the two became separated in the early centuries of the Christian era.

Originally, demonstration aircraft were navy blue ( nearly black ) with gold lettering.

Originally established in 1983, it has since become an international enterprise with branches and subsidiaries in North America, Europe, and East Asia.

Originally, the Spanish had ordered regulations on trade with Cuba, which kept the island from becoming a dominant sugar producer.

Originally rebuffed by her in the early-1920s, Chiang managed to ingratiate himself to some degree with Soong May-ling's mother by first divorcing his wife and concubines, and promising to eventually convert to Christianity.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

Originally performed with two-handed comb scoops, dry picking is today accomplished by motorized, walk-behind harvesters which must be small enough to traverse beds without damaging the vines.

Originally simply a list of kings with reign lengths, the other details contained in the Poppleton Manuscript version were added from the tenth century onwards.

Originally simply a list of kings with reign lengths, the other details contained in the Poppleton Manuscript version were added in the 10th and 12th centuries.

Originally during his appearances in Action Comics and later in his own magazine, the Man of Steel would strip to his costume and stand revealed as Superman, often with the transformation having already been completed.

Originally presented with an opportunity to rock out Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 " From the New World " by their new stereophonic label, the band instead forged ahead to unify their own orchestral-based threads of a day in the life of a common man.

Originally, it was a summer program for disadvantaged youth, although it has grown into an AmeriCorps-sponsored non-profit organization with six regional offices that serve Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and North and South Dakota.

Originally the IDF issued two circular aluminium tags ( 1948 – late 1950s ) stamped in 3 lines with Serial number, Family Name, and First Name.

Originally, strips featuring the President of the United States would show an external view of the White House, with dialogue emerging from inside.

Originally, the names of these APIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth.

Originally DBMSs were found only in large organizations with the computer hardware needed to support large data sets.

Originally colonized by the French, Diego Garcia was ceded, along with the rest of the Chagos Archipelago, to the United Kingdom in the Treaty of Paris ( 1814 ) at the conclusion of a portion of the Napoleonic Wars.

Originally, the Alpha processors were designated the DECchip 21x64 series, with " DECchip " replaced in the mid-1990s with " Alpha ".