Originally, an acre was understood as a selion of land sized at forty perches ( 660 ft ) long and four perches ( 66 ft ) wide ; this may have also been understood as an approximation of the amount of land an ox could plough in one day.

Originally, Jewish Christians met in synagogues, such as the Cenacle, and in one another's homes, known as house churches.

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 based in Portsmouth, Ohio and called the Portsmouth Spartans, the team began play in 1929 as an independent professional team, one of many such teams in the Ohio and Scioto River valleys.

Originally, it was one of only two ways to score points, along with the place kick.

( Originally, the Fujiwara were descended from relatively minor nobility, thus their kami is an unremarkable one in the Japanese myth world.

Originally, however, the Egyptians believed that only the pharaoh had a ba, and only he could become one with the gods ; dead commoners passed into a dark, bleak realm that represented the opposite of life.

Originally it consisted of paper or bamboo barrels that would have incendiary gunpowder within it, that could be lit one time and would project flames at the enemy.

Originally scheduled to be only one show, the performance expanded to nine due to incredibly high demand, with all nine shows ( equaling about 140, 000 tickets ) selling out in under two hours.

Originally, the Iceman / Beast friendship was one of the cornerstones of the X-Universe, but has recently been ignored by writers.

Originally written simply for the monks of a neighboring monastery, the Ladder swiftly became one of the most widely read and much-beloved books of Byzantine spirituality.

Originally specified in 1958, Lisp is the second-oldest high-level programming language in widespread use today ; only Fortran is older ( by one year ).

Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth ′ s equator to the North Pole ( at sea level ), its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology.

Originally deriving from the manufacture of ceramics and its putative derivative metallurgy, materials science is one of the oldest forms of engineering and applied science.

The First Creation: Originally, good and evil existed in two completely separate realms, one the World of Light, ruled by the Father of Greatness together with his five Shekhinas ( divine attributes of light ), and the other the World of Darkness, ruled by the King of Darkness.

Originally one could insert a nut in the big-toothed mouth, press down and thereby crack the nut.

Originally a festival held to break up the long nights of winter and mark the end of Yule, the festival has become one celebrating the isles ' heritage and includes a procession of men dressed as Vikings and the burning of a replica longship.

Originally, it was said to have 21 different " combinations " and would melt if the key was placed in the wrong one (" The Daleks ", 1963 ).

Originally scheduled for May / June 1977 but first published one month later on a bimonthly schedule with an initial ( and speculative ) print run of 4, 000, White Dwarf continued the fantasy and science fiction role-playing and board-gaming theme developed in Owl and Weasel but, owing to the increase in available space, began to produce reviews, articles and scenarios to a greater depth than had previously been possible.

Originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, the statue was instead placed in a public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504.

Originally, this was the only day one should eat semlor.

Originally a hit for Frank and Nancy Sinatra, the song became Williams ' fifth number one hit in the UK.

Originally stemmed from ideas of Sierra's adventure game Softporn Adventure created by designer Chuck Benton, the " Larry " games were one of Sierra's most popular game series during the genre's heyday when it was first released in the mid 1980s.

Originally thought to be a pinched nerve in his shoulder, the pain was later diagnosed as an acutely blocked artery, requiring an emergency angioplasty in Hamburg.

Originally electricity and magnetism were thought of as two separate forces.

Originally, the two ideas of immortality and resurrection were different but in rabbinic thought they are combined: the soul departs from the body at death but is returned to it at the resurrection.

Originally it was thought that the primitive secondary atmosphere contained mostly ammonia and methane.

Originally intended to replace the company's iconic 911, the 928 combined the power, poise, and handling of a sports car with the refinement, comfort, and equipment of a luxury sedan to create what some Porsche executives thought would be a vehicle with wider appeal than the compact, quirky and sometimes difficult 911.

Originally, Goodman wanted a different kind of beard for Walter but the Coen brothers insisted on the " Gladiator " or what they called the " Chin Strap " and he thought it would go well with his flattop haircut.

Originally named " Mortimer ", the mouse was later re-christened " Mickey " by Lillian Disney who thought that the name Mortimer did not fit.

Originally they were thought to have a body cavity ( pseudocoel ), but this was an artifact created by preservation methods, and they are now known to be acoelomate.

Originally scientists thought that the varnish was made from substances drawn out of the rocks it coats.

Originally, de Broglie thought that real wave ( i. e., having a direct physical interpretation ) was associated with particles.

Originally thought to occur only in the outer regions of the Solar System where temperatures are low and water ice is common, significant deposits of methane clathrate have been found under sediments on the ocean floors of Earth.

Originally thought to be non-dependence forming in therapeutic doses, unlike barbiturates, as prescriptions increased, problems with addiction and dependence came to light.

* Lake Winnipesaukee mystery stone: Originally thought to be a record of a treaty between tribes ; but later analysis has called its authenticity into question.

Originally the Soviets thought that their forces would strengthen the backbone of the Afghan army and provide assistance by securing major cities, lines of communication and transportation.

Originally, the board thought it was a subsidy, but after the Centennial ended, the government sued for the money back, and the United States Supreme Court ultimately forced the commission to repay the government.

Originally part of Bangor, Maine, it became a separate town in 1853 because Gen. Veazie, its wealthiest citizen, thought Bangor's property taxes were too high.

Originally, Eddy gave Quimby much credit for his hypnotic treatments of her nervous and physical conditions and initially thought his brand of mesmerism entirely benign.

Originally named Port Jackson, it is thought that the name " Accord " resulted from a petition of the townspeople to the Capitol in Albany for a new name.

Originally thought to have been born in 1595, the date was revised in 1848 upon the discovery of a baptismal certificate dated June 1, 1597, although this is still controversial because his birth certificate contained several irregularities.

Originally just wanting a single female singer to replace the high backing vocals originally provided by Martyn Ware, he says that he thought having two female vocalists / dancers would also add potential glamour to the band.

Originally thought to clamp onto their substrate protein ( also known as a client protein ) upon binding ATP, the recently published structures by Vaughan et al.

Originally, operons were thought to exist solely in prokaryotes, but since the discovery of the first operons in eukaryotes in the early 1990s, more evidence has arisen to suggest they are more common than previously assumed.

Originally, the Akapana was thought to have been made from a modified hill, but recent studies have shown that it is a manmade earthen mound that is faced with a mixture of large and small stone blocks.

Originally thought to belong to dragons, unicorns, apes, canids or felids, Esper postulated they actually belonged to polar bears.