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Sith
Definitions
- 1 Archaic form of since. alt-of, archaic
"Therefore we need not fear them, sith Christ is with us; […]"
- 1 A journey, way. obsolete
"The holy gost before vs glad / ffull softly on his sithe"
- 2 One of a fictional order of creatures from the Star Wars universe who represent the antithesis and ancient enemies of the Jedi.
"In him [Garry Cook] was distilled the very essence of the modern football executive – the Nike heritage, the mad expansionism, the sense that a major part of Manchester City's future lay in energy drink retail, and of course the laserlike focus on "the product" that resulted in him occasionally saying Manchester United when he meant Manchester City. He was the Premier League's most bungling Sith."
- 3 One's journey of life, experience, one's lot, also by extension life, lifetime. obsolete
"Christ's sith of sorrow and suffering."
- 4 An instant in time, a point in time or an occasion. obsolete
"Of them the other philosophers have, by siths, taken their beginning."
Etymology
From Middle English sith (“journey, movement, lifetime, period, occasion”), from Old English sīþ (“journey, movement, trip, point in time, occasion”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinþ, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to go, head”). Cognate with Faroese sinn (“time”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs, “path, movement”), Icelandic sinn (“time”). See also send.
Clipping of sithen; compare German seit (“since”).
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