Though the origin is ambiguous, the draughtsman of the charter issued by Æthelstan used the term in a way that can only mean ' wide ruler '.

Though nowadays most cardinals are also bishops, the term Cardinal bishops only refers to the cardinals that are titular bishops of one of the " suburbicarian " sees.

Though conquerors, the Chaldeans were rapidly and completely assimilated into the dominant Babylonian culture, as the Amorites before them had been, and after the fall of Babylon in 539 BC the term " Chaldean " was no longer used to describe a specific race of people, but rather a " socio-Economic " class, regardless of ethnicity.

Though the term " Cathar " has been used for centuries to identify the movement, whether the movement identified itself with this name is debatable.

Though the term " democracy " is typically used in the context of a political state, the principles also are applicable to private organizations.

Though such use is not encouraged by the company, the common use of the name as a generic term has put the trademark in jeopardy.

Though used earlier in papers and discussions, the term 4GL was first used formally by James Martin in his 1982 book Applications Development Without Programmers to refer to non-procedural, high-level specification languages.

Though grammatical gender has no bearing on actual gender in non-personal nouns, the term holy spirit translates in and is used in the masculine form in all the Qur ' an.

< sup > δ </ sup > Though this term is non-standard usage – by " left ", agorists mean " left " in the general sense used by left-libertarians, as defined by Roderick T. Long, as "... an integration, or I'd argue, a reintegration of libertarianism with concerns that are traditionally thought of as being concerns of the left.

Though many types of improvised explosive devices (" IEDs ") can technically be classified as land mines, the term land mine is typically reserved for manufactured devices designed to be used by recognized military services, whereas IED is used for makeshift devices assembled by paramilitary, insurgent, or terrorist groups.

Though he did vote against the admission of Missouri as a slave state, and though he would be the nominated presidential candidate of the Free Soil Party, an anti-slavery political party, in 1848, there was no ambiguity in his position on the abolition of slavery during his term of office.

Though the country has dissolved, the islands are all still under the Kingdom with different legal status and the term is still used to refer to these Dutch Caribbean islands.

Though the term nihilism was first popularized by the novelist Ivan Turgenev ( 1818 – 1883 ) in his novel Fathers and Sons, </ i > it was first introduced into philosophical discourse by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi ( 1743 – 1819 ).

Though the notion appears frequently throughout Nietzsche's work, he uses the term in a variety of ways, with different meanings and connotations, both positive and negative.

Though the term has fallen into disfavor among botanists as a formal way to categorize " useless " plants, the informal use of the word " weeds " to describe those plants that are deemed worthy of elimination is illustrative of the general tendency of people and societies to seek to alter or shape the course of nature.

Though such reactors could be built with current or near term technology, they trigger little interest for reasons of economics, practicality, or safety.

Though the term Pantheism was not coined until after his death, Spinoza is regarded as the most celebrated advocate of pantheism.

Though many Post-structuralists were referred to as Postmodern in their lifetimes, many explicitly rejected the term.

Though the term DHT is commonly used to refer to the structured overlay, in practice, DHT is a data structure implemented on top of a structured overlay.

Though the term had a wide range of application ( as a memory technique or compositional exercise, for example ) it most often referred to the " seats of argument "— the list of categories of thought or modes of reasoning — that a speaker could use in order to generate arguments or proofs.

Though the term " retcon " did not yet exist when George Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four, the totalitarian regime depicted in that book is involved in a constant, large-scale retconning of past records.

Though the term itself has a tradition of more than 100 years, there is no consensus on its explicit content.

Though he insisted that animals are not capable of language, he expanded the purview of semiotics to include non-human signaling and communication systems, thus raising some of the issues addressed by philosophy of mind and coining the term zoosemiotics.

Though the term today is used almost exclusively for ancient warships, modern historians also refer to medieval and early modern galleys with three banks of oars per side as triremes.

Though UFO sightings have occurred throughout recorded history, modern interest in them dates from World War II ( see foo fighter ), further fueled in the late 1940s by Kenneth Arnold's report of a close encounter, which led to coining of the term flying saucer, and the Roswell UFO Incident.

Though the bar was not used for prostitution, drug sales and other " cash transactions " took place.

Though the 1890 Act granted cash instead of land, it granted colleges under that act the same legal standing as the 1862 Act colleges ; hence the term " land-grant college " properly applies to both groups.

Though ( at least by this date ) there was no dancing as such, just children dressing up ( the boys dressed as girls, and wearing rouge ), who would then journey from house to house asking for small amounts of cash.

Though food crops like paddy and tapioca are cultivated, majority of the population depends on cash crops like rubber and black pepper for income.

Though Nakajima wanted to try saving Atari Japan, owner Nolan Bushnell was already struggling to keep the parent company afloat due to undercapitalization and was looking to sell the Japanese subsidiary for some badly needed cash.

Though the 1890 Act granted cash instead of land, it granted colleges under that act the same legal standing as the 1862 Act colleges ; hence the term " land-grant college " properly applies to both groups.

Though the cash is gone, Bates ' credit card is still there.

Though some cash registers accommodate it, its slot is often used for things like checks and rolls of coins.

Though some criticized Aguilera for trying to cash in on the Latin music boom at the time.

Though £ 2000 of loose cash was taken, the safe in the railcar could not be opened by the robbers.

Though the opium poppy is legal for culinary or æsthetic reasons, poppies were once grown as a cash crop by farmers in California, the law of poppy cultivation in the United States is somewhat ambiguous.

Though owning a break-even unit provides the social benefit of providing jobs and possible synergies that assist other business units, from an accounting point of view such a unit is worthless, not generating cash for the company.

Though fan support for a return to Hartford is big, issues have risen over arena quality, cash, and lack of interest from potential team owners.

Though he was named a first team all-star in 1935 – 36, the Bruins decided Siebert's career was in declnie and chose to trade him to the Montreal Canadiens along with Roger Jenkins in exchange for Leroy Goldsworthy, Sammy McManus and cash following the season.

Though all slams vary in format, Smith is considered responsible for key features, including the selection of judges from the audience and cash prizes.

Though turned down, the Agricultural Society pushed ahead and found acreage southeast of where the state reformatory would later be located, paid cash for the grounds, and on September 28-30 of 1875, presented the First Annual Reno County Fair.

Though it can be used interchangeably with breakage, slippage is the phenomenon when a consumer has their rebate fulfilled but they lose or forget to cash the check.