(n): a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
(n): the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches
(n): (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
(n): the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
(n): (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline
(n): the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
(n): (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline
(n): the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
(n): (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline
I learned ROY G. BIV for the rainbow...
Ditto. Wouldn't be as much fun that way, and jennarenn wouldn't have been able to make her list of memorable threads. :-)
You know, there are *some* web sites where people get all mad if a thread derails and ends up miles from where it started.
I'm rather glad Wordie isn't one of them.
I have a headache.
Funny, the semi-acronym M-VEM-J-SUN-P always works for me. Oh, and VIB-GYOR for the rainbow spectrum. Weird brain, I guess.
Here's one I made up for figuring out whether the moon's waxing or waning: "If the light's on the Right, it's aRriving. If the Light's on the Left, it's Leaving". You've got to be able to rotate the moon in your imagination (or tilt your head) slightly if the illuminated portion seems to be mostly on the bottom of the moon's disc.
My Very Elderly Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies...Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge...SoCaToa...King Phillip Came Over From Greece Swimming...
There were so many!
I feel like I learned a different mnemonic (with Pluto) back in school but I'll be damned if I can remember what it was.
Here are some other mnemonic suggestions - though I still like uselessness's best.
You should charge usage fees, too. It's a good one.
I just made it up. I think I'm going to use it though. ;-)
HAHA! U, did you make that up or have I missed it going around?
Arby, I've heard that song--always cracks me up too.
My Very Exclusionary Mother Just Served Us Nothing. (Prick.)
I always think of the TMBG cover of "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)". My history teacher in 8th grade actually sang it to us, it was pretty funny.
Funny how things get stashed in one's mind, isn't it? I'm still worrying about how to revise the old mnemonic for remembering the order of the planets, now that Pluto has been...well, plutoed.
When I was ten, I played Harlan in Life With Father at the local theatre. It's a minor (but lovable) character with a couple lines; that's one of them. Funny I still remember it to this day.
Especially if you go about it *that* way. ;-)
"Co ennaconny sissaconny tan tan tee, and an ople and a pople and a Constantinople."
It's a hard word to spell.