However, it has been strongly argued that this was a point made out of mis-translation, as pointed out by Amin Malouf, and that the origin of the term in Middle Eastern culture comes from phrase Asasiyun, meaning those who follow the Asas ; believers in the foundation of faith.

The first known use of the word ball in English in the sense of a globular body that is played with was in 1205 in in the phrase, "" The word came from the Middle English bal ( inflected as ball-e ,-es, in turn from Old Norse böllr ( pronounced ; compare Old Swedish baller, and Swedish boll ) from Proto-Germanic ballu-z, ( whence probably Middle High German bal, ball-es, Middle Dutch bal ), a cognate with Old High German ballo, pallo, Middle High German balle from Proto-Germanic * ballon ( weak masculine ), and Old High German ballâ, pallâ, Middle High German balle, Proto-Germanic * ballôn ( weak feminine ).

Even earlier, the phrase appears in a 1926 book regarding the Middle East by Basil Mathews: Young Islam on Trek: A Study in the Clash of Civilizations ( p. 196 ).

The phrase was glossed with Chinese translation ( Middle Chinese pronunciation provided below follows Pulleyblank ):

Most scholars agree that the English word Maundy in that name for the day is derived through Middle English and Old French mandé, from the Latin mandatum, the first word of the phrase " Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos " (" A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another ; as I have loved you "), the statement by Jesus in the Gospel of by which Jesus explained to the Apostles the significance of his action of washing their feet.

Later Pali literature has also used the phrase Middle Way to refer to the Buddha's teaching of dependent origination as a view between the extremes of eternalism and annihilationism.

The term is from the Middle English suppena and the Latin phrase sub poena meaning " under penalty ".

It has been cited by academic experts on the Middle East, including Professor Rashid Khalidi, who used it in his 2005 book Resurrecting Empire, and also Siegman who, in 2007, placed the entire phrase in quotation marks, explicitly attributing it to General Ya ' alon.

The phrase Middle American values is a political cliché ; like family values, it refers to more traditional or conservative politics, although places like Minneapolis, Minnesota, Madison, Wisconsin and Lawrence, Kansas ( progressive but inland ) provide exceptions.

Former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer argues that terrorist attacks ( specifically al-Qaeda attacks on America ) are not motivated by a religiously inspired hatred of American culture or religion, but by the belief that U. S. foreign policy has oppressed, killed, or otherwise harmed Muslims in the Middle East, condensed in the phrase " They hate us for what we do, not who we are.

" Mr. Goldfarb's phrase " Saudi lobby " referred to an article by Washington Times writer Eli Lake where he wrote that " Since 1997, Mr. Freeman has been president of the Middle East Policy Council ( MEPC ), a Washington think tank.

For example, the poem " Middle Class Blues " consists of various typicalities of middle class life, with the phrase " we can't complain " repeated several times, and concludes with " what are we waiting for ?".

Via Media is a Latin phrase meaning ‘ The Middle Road ’.

The phrase " It is I " historically came from the Middle English " It am I " and the change from " am " to " is " was also a step towards fixing the SVO word order.

He has often blended traditional Arab music with jazz, rock and classical music, and has earned praise such as " a world musician years before the phrase became a label — makes the hot, staccato Middle Eastern flavour and the seamless grooves of jazz mingle as if they were always meant to.

Some schools teach this order by remembering the phrase " My Baby Looks Hot Tonight " or " Money Buys Lots of Hot Toys ", where the beginning of each word stands for Middle torso strap, Bottom torso strap, Leg straps, Head strap and Top torso strap.

The phrase East of Suez is used in British military and political discussions in reference to imperial interests beyond the European theatre, and east of Suez Canal-most notably its military base in Singapore ; and may, or may not include the Middle East.

The Secret Middle Ages ( ISBN 0-7509-2685-6 ) by Malcolm Jones discusses the origin of the phrase " God Speed the Plow " in a celebration known as Plow Monday and a 14th century poem:

in Japan ), the phrases for “ thank you ” are expected and welcomed in quite a number of situations ( it's said the most in Great Britain and North America ), whereas South Asian and Middle Eastern people use the phrase in a more economical way and often contend themselves with simple looks of thanks ; on the other hand, other non-western civilizations ( i. e. Polynesians of the south Pacific and Native American tribes ) have rather extended formulae of thanks.

The phrase uisce beatha, literally " water of life ", was the name given by Irish monks of the early Middle Ages to distilled alcohol.

The only mention of the phrase in the 39 Articles of the Church of England is in article XV, which is headed " Of Christ alone without Sin ".

Habeas corpus is a Latin phrase, which can be literally translated as “( we command ) that you have the body ” or " you should arrest " the conventional incipit of medieval arrest warrants in England.

It has often been assumed that, in England, jumping over the broom ( or sometimes walking over a broom ), always indicated an irregular or non-church union ( as in the expressions " Married over the besom ", " living over the brush "), but there are examples of the phrase being used in the context of legal weddings, both religious and civil.

The phrase " shire county " applies, unofficially, to non-metropolitan counties in England, specifically those that are not unitary local authority areas.

For example, Ireton asked whether the phrase in the Agreement " according to the number of the inhabitants " gave a foreigner just arrived in England and resident in a property the right to vote.

A standard joking phrase, common today in Northern England, is possibly first recorded in Varney, where a comical character twice describes himself as having " never been backward in coming forward.

" The phrase due process of law first appeared in a statutory rendition of Magna Carta in A. D. 1354 during the reign of Edward III of England, as follows: " No man of what state or condition he be, shall be put out of his lands or tenements nor taken, nor disinherited, nor put to death, without he be brought to answer by due process of law.

The member organization in a particular country may name itself Friends of the Earth or an equivalent translated phrase in the national language, e. g., Friends of the Earth ( US ), Friends of the Earth ( EWNI ) ( England Wales and Northern Ireland ), Amigos de la Tierra ( Spain and Argentina ).

These anomalies gave rise to the widespread belief that the area was part of England rather than Wales, although most legislation for Wales was applied to it using the phrase " Wales and Monmouthshire ".

John Adams equated it with quamdiu se bene gesserint in a letter to the Boston Gazette published on 11 January 1773, a phrase that first appeared in section 3 of the Act of Settlement 1701 in England.

This was the occasion when the clergy were forced, at a cost of 100, 000 pounds, to purchase the king's pardon for having recognized Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's authority as legate of the pope ; and at the same time to acknowledge Henry as Supreme Head of the Church in England, to which phrase, but the addition of the clause " so far as God's law permits " was made through Fisher's efforts.

The phrase "... as the actress said to the bishop " is used in a similar way, usually in England, and United States military pilots often use the term " so to speak ", and will deliberately construct sentences to avoid giving others the chance to call double entendres.

For example, " The real number whose integer part is 17 and whose nth decimal place is 0 if n is even and 1 if n is odd " defines the real number 17. 1010101 ..., while the phrase " London is in England " does not define a real number.

The phrase stately home is a quotation from the poem The Homes of England, which was originally published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1827.

The phrase William and Mary usually refers to the coregency over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, of first-cousins King William III & II and Queen Mary II.

Byrne took the phrase " Luaka Bop " for his record label from the inner packaging of a specialty tea which is sold in England.

In England there had been several Acts of Uniformity ; in continental Europe the Latin phrase " cuius regio, eius religio " had been used.

The phrase means " May God punish England ".

In the United Kingdom, particularly in England, " Enoch was right " is a phrase of political rhetoric, sometimes employed by the far right, inviting comparison of aspects of contemporary English society with the predictions made by Powell in the Rivers of Blood speech.

" England, My England ", a short story by D. H. Lawrence and also England, Their England the novel by A. G. Macdonell both use the phrase.

The Jarrow March ( or Jarrow Crusade, from the phrase on banners carried by the marchers ), was an October 1936 protest march against unemployment and extreme poverty suffered in North East England during the Great Depression.