Words
- Clipping (publications), the cutting-out of articles from a paper publication
- Clipping (phonetics), shortening the articulation of a speech sound, usually a vowel
- Clipping (morphology), the formation of a new word by shortening it, e.g. ad from advertisement
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“Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Acts, 9:4.
the words of Christ to Saul (St. Paul)
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acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.”
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