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Feb 12, 2019
This week’s themeWords that aren’t what they appear to be
This week’s words
bloodnoun
sodalist
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PRONUNCIATION:
(SO-duh-list) 
MEANING:
noun: A member of a sodality (a fellowship or association).
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin sodalitas (fellowship), from sodalis (companion). Earliest documented use: 1794.
NOTE:
A sodalist is not a list of Coke, Pepsi, and other carbonated beverages.
USAGE:
“The single lamp still burned near Braethen, who watched the smacking lips of the sodalist who’d tried to swear him in.”
Peter Orullian; The Unremembered; Tor; 2011.
See more usage examples of sodalist in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
Peter Orullian; The Unremembered; Tor; 2011.
See more usage examples of sodalist in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity. -Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President (12 Feb 1809-1865)
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