"Coup de Grace (The Stranglers album) Coup de Grace is the fourteenth studio album by The Stranglers, released in 1998. It was the last album to feature guitarist John Ellis, who left the band in 2000. The tracks on ""Coup de Grace"" represent a greater writing input from Jean Jacques Burnel (JJ Burnel) than on more recent outings; he also sings four of the ten tracks. Heavily influenced by the band's troop-entertaining trips to such places as the Falkland Islands and Bosnia, and (in JJ's words) ""life in general"", the tracks cover such topics as the ravages of war, religious"
"but was not imposed. However it explains why the complementary determinant ""-de-Grace"" was not restored. This qualifier undoubtedly referred to the Chapel of Notre Dame located at the site of the cathedral of the same name. It should be noted that the chapel faced the Chapel Notre Dame de Grace of Honfleur across the estuary. The common noun ""havre"" meaning ""port"" was out of use at the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th centuries but is still preserved in the phrase ""havre de paix"" meaning ""safe haven"". It is generally considered a loan from Middle Dutch from"
"By the Grace of God By the Grace of God (Latin Dei Gratia, abbreviated D.G.) is an introductory part of the full styles of a monarch historically considered to be ruling by divine right, not a title in its own right. In the United Kingdom, for example, the phrase was added to the royal style in 1521 and has continued to be used to this day. According to the ""Royal Proclamation reciting the altered Style and Titles of the Crown"" of May 29, 1953, the latest such change of royal title, Elizabeth II's present full title is In other Commonwealth"
"As a result, the King of Spain may use ""by the grace of God"", but this is not used on official documents. Germanic languages: Romance languages: Slavic languages: Other languages: Similar concepts unrelated to and sometimes predating Christianity: In some cases, the formula was combined with a reference to another legitimation, especially such democratic notions as the social contract, e.g. By the Grace of God By the Grace of God (Latin Dei Gratia, abbreviated D.G.) is an introductory part of the full styles of a monarch historically considered to be ruling by divine right, not a title in its own"
"from complete elision when the following word began with a vowel (which effectively means, when it was found between two vowels). However, in French, such is voiced and becomes (which explains why, in words like ""rose"" and ""mise"", the ""s"" is pronounced and not ). If the final ""-t"" of ""grant was kept in the Middle Ages in spite of the disappearance of the corresponding , it is because there existed, along with this form, others like ""grants (rather written ""granz""), wherein the was heard, protected from elision by the following . The ancient orthography rendered this alternation visible before"
"phrase ""DEI GRA REG FID DEF"". However, at least some UK coins minted in 2016 show the words ""Dei Gra Reg F. D"". With the exception of Canada, other ex colonies or dependencies of the United Kingdom have either stopped including it or never did. Dei Gratia Regina Dei Gratia Regina (often abbreviated to D. G. Regina and seen as D·G·REGINA) is a Latin title meaning By the Grace of God, Queen. The male equivalent is Dei Gratia Rex meaning By the Grace of God, King. This phrase appears on the obverse of many coins, for example Canadian coins. A"
"expression, sometimes even in abandoning ""By the Grace of God"", or rather, especially earlier, in the intercalation of compensatory phrases, such as ""and the will of the people"", or replacing the genitive ""sovereign of X-place"" by ""sovereign of the X-inhabitants"", quite meaningful where linked to the Enlightenment-notion of the ""social contract"", which means the nominal 'sovereign' is in fact potentially subject to national approval, without which a revolution against him can be legitimate. The phrase was used in Luxembourg until 2000, when Henri, the current Grand Duke, decided to drop it. Like the use of the term ""subject"" for the"
"has been no contract between them, akin to common-law tort. German-speaking countries use the word ""Delikt"" for crime and ""unerlaubte Handlung"" for delict, but ""Deliktsrecht"" is a branch of civil law (similar to tort law). In French law, ""délit penal"" is a misdemeanor (between ""contravention"" ‘petty offence’ and ""crime"" ‘felony; major indictable offence’), while ""délit civil"", again, is a tort. Because of this, French law prefers to speak in terms of ""responsabilité civile"" ‘delictual liability’. In the most narrowly construed sense, delict is a Latin word (""delictum"" ‘offence, wrong’) and a legal term, which, in some civil law systems, signifies"
"the UK. Canada chose to include the phrase not because the sovereign is regarded as the protector of the state religion (Canada has none), but as a defender of faith in general. In a speech to the House of Commons in 1953, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent stated: However, the style used on Canadian coinage is simply D.G. Regina (""Dei Gratia Regina"", ""By the Grace of God, Queen""). In Australia, the monarch held the title ""Defender of the Faith"" until 1973, when it was formally removed. (The words ""by the Grace of God"" were retained, however.) At various times, some"
"""are"" pronounced in French. This occurs notably in the term ""coup de grâce"", in which some speakers omit the final consonant , although it is pronounced in French as . Other examples of this include ""Vichyssoise"", the chess term ""en prise"", ""prix fixe"", and ""mise en scène"". There are many instances of this sort of omission connected with proper nouns. Some speakers may omit pronouncing a final or in names such as Saint-Saëns, Duras, Boulez, and Berlioz, though these words are pronounced in French with a final or . The Norman French language furthermore gave Southern England some ancient family"
"King George I. The decision of the Royal Mint to omit this and certain other parts of the monarch's style from the ""Godless Florin"" in 1849 caused such a scandal that the coin was replaced. In most Commonwealth realms, the phrase does not appear in the Monarch's full style, though the initial ""By the Grace of God"" is maintained. For example, in Australia, Queen Elizabeth is currently styled ""by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth"". She is additionally styled ""Defender of the Faith"" only in Canada, New Zealand and"
"""têtu"" . In varieties of French where open/closed syllable adjustment (""loi de position"") applies, the presence of a circumflex accent is not taken into account in the mid vowel alternations ~ and ~. This is the case in southern Metropolitan French, where for example ""dôme"" is pronounced as opposed to (as indicated by the orthography, and as pronounced in northern Metropolitan varieties). The merger of and is widespread in Parisian and Belgian French, resulting for example in the realization of the word ""âme"" as instead of . Although normally the grave accent serves the purpose of differentiating homographs in French"
"the diphthong au is the regular outcome of al before a following consonant (cf. cheval ~ chevaux). Gaule or Gaulle can hardly be derived from Latin Gallia, since g would become j before a (cf. gamba > jambe), and the diphthong au would be incomprehensible; the regular outcome of Latin Gallia would have been * Jaille in French.[3][4] Today, in modern French, the word ""Gaule"" is only used in a historical context. The only current use of the word is in the title of the leader of the French bishops, the archbishop of Lyon, whose official title is Primate of"
"""zounds"" (God's wounds). They were considered so offensive that ""Dieu"" was sublimated into the similar-sounding neutral syllable ""bleu"". The verb ""sacrer"" has several meanings, including to crown, to anoint, to name someone [champion, best actor, etc.], and in the past, rarely in France but more common in French Canada, of swear, curse. Therefore, ""sacrebleu"" could be in modern French ""Je jure par Dieu"" and in English ""I curse by God"", or the more used ""I swear to God"". Sacrebleu Sacrebleu is a dated French profanity meant as a cry of surprise or happiness. The expression today is not used in"
"clause. French is a Romance language which incorporates the use of a reflexive pronoun with a verb's inchoative form. Seen in (10) is the causative use of the verb ""briser"", conjugated in present tense. Seen in (11) is the anticausative use of the verb. Note the use of the reflexive pronoun “se” in (11), which is required for the sentence to be grammatically correct in French. When the reflexive pronoun is not present, the sentence is ungrammatical. Italian is another Romance language that, like French, incorporates the use of a reflexive pronoun with a verb's inchoative form. Seen in (12)"
"of examples, including ""coöperation"", ""naïve"", and ""Brontë"", are encountered with any appreciable frequency in English; for whatever reason, it never had any popularity in the ""de+e/re+e/pre+e"" or ""de+i/re+i/pre+i"" subclasses—thus never ""*reëxamine"", ""*reïterate"", ""*deëmphasize"", or others, although they might have been useful). Many users (and various dictionaries) consider the diaeresis optional in ""naive""/""naïve"" (because not necessary for the reader to recognize the word), and ""*na-ive"" draws attention to itself as a style that is simply never used (although comprehensible). For ""deity"" and ""deify"", only solid styling (no hyphen or diaeresis) is normative. Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in"
"the ""-os"" and ""-es"" classes to merge. In French, merger of remaining /e/ with final /a/ into , and its subsequent loss, has completely obscured the original Romance system, and loss of final /s/ has caused most nouns to have identical pronunciation in singular and plural, although they are still marked differently in spelling (e.g. ""femme – femmes"" ""woman – women"", both pronounced ). Noun inflection has survived in Romanian somewhat better than elsewhere. Determiners are still marked for two cases (nominative/accusative and genitive/dative) in both singular and plural, and feminine singular nouns have separate endings for the two cases."
"was omitted. However, the French and Italian translations, indicating that the bishop should accompany the words ""Peace be with you"" with ""a friendly gesture"" (French text) or ""the sign of peace"" (Italian text), explicitly allow a gesture such as the touch on the cheek, to which they restore its original meaning. This is in accord with the Introduction to the rite of confirmation, 17, which indicates that the episcopal conference may decide ""to introduce a different manner for the minister to give the sign of peace after the anointing, either to each individual or to all the newly confirmed together."""
"Holy Ghost), ""das Chagas"" (of wounds, from the Feast of the Five Wounds of Christ), ""Graça"" (grace, from Our Lady of Grace), ""Patrocínio"" (patronage, from Our Lady of Patronage), ""Paz"" (peace, from Our Lady Mediatrix of Peace), ""Luz"" (light, from Our Lady of the Divine Light), ""Neves"" (snows, from Our Lady of the Snows), ""Penha"" (cliff, bluff, from Our Lady of the Bluff of France, that in Spanish is called Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia), ""das Dores"" (of sorrows, from Our Lady of Sorrows), ""Bonfim"" (good end, from Our Lord of Good Death), ""das Virgens"" (of the virgins martyrs), ""dos Anjos"""
"followed by ""God"", ""the blessed chalice"", ""the Virgin"" and other terms, religious or not. It can be shortened to just ""¡La virgen!"" or ""¡Copón bendito!"" (""Blessed chalice!""). In Romanian, the profanity ""anafura mă-tii!"" (""Your mother's host!"") is sometimes used with ""Easter"", ""Christ"", ""Cross"", ""Commemoration"" (""parastas""), ""sacred oil lamp"" (""'tu-i candela 'mă-sii""), ""God"", ""Church"", etc. Sheila Fischman's translation of ""La Guerre, yes Sir!"" (published under that title in French and English and meaning roughly ""War, you bet!"") by Roch Carrier leaves many ""sacres"" in the original Quebec French, since they have no real equivalent in English. She gives a brief explanation"
"extended, surrounded by the words ""FAITH ET BLIND HOPE"" and underneath the legend ""Dieu et Mon Doigt"" [God and my finger]. (The use of the index finger indicated clearly that the finger of blame was being pointed at the recipient, rather than the middle finger as a contemporary obscene gesture.) If appropriate, a 'Joint' was awarded for additional acts of stupidity, analogous to a Medal bar. Most recipients were aircrew, as they generally made the most spectacular and public errors, although any RAF personnel were eligible. Among those receiving the award were the crew of a bomber who became lost"
"the phrase ""and my right"" referring to his claim by descent to the French crown. The motto is French for ""God and my right"", meaning that the king is ""Rex Angliae ""Dei gratia"""": King of England ""by the grace of God"". It is used to imply that the monarch of a nation has a God-given (divine) right to rule. For the Royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of England to have a French rather than English motto was not unusual, given that Norman French was the primary language of the English Royal Court and ruling class following the rule"
"meanings, for it depends on a minimal difference (the substitution of the letter ""a"" for the letter ""e"") which cannot be apprehended in oral speech, since the suffixes ""-ance"" and ""-ence"" have the same pronunciation in French. The ""phonemic"" (non-)difference between and can only be observed in writing, hence producing differential meaning only in a partial, deferred and entangled manner. In a similar vein, Gilles Deleuze's ""Difference and Repetition"" (1968) was an attempt to think difference as having an ontological privilege over identity, inverting the traditional relationship between those two concepts and implying that identities are only produced through processes"
"glade"", ""place of"") suffixed to a pre-Latin radical ""crist-"" whose meaning is still unclear. Some believe ""crist"" is a Celtic word meaning ""ridge"", a cognate of Latin ""crista"" and modern French ""crête"", in which case the meaning of ""Cristoilum"" would be ""clearing on the ridge"" or ""place on the ridge."" A more traditional etymology was that ""crist"" referred to Jesus Christ, due to the very ancient presence of Christianity in Créteil and the veneration of Saint Agoard and Saint Aglibert, martyred in Créteil around AD 400. Créteil is a city in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris. It is watered by"
"social importance of the Catholic religion at that time allowed ""sacres"" to become powerful forms of profanity. As a result of the Quiet Revolution in the 1960s, the influence of the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec has declined. This has had no effect, however, on the use of ""sacres"", which are as widespread as ever. These ""sacres"" are commonly given in a phonetic spelling to indicate the differences in pronunciation from the original word, several of which, notably the deletion of final consonants and change of to before are typical of highly informal Quebec French. The nouns here can also"
"Dei Gratia Regina Dei Gratia Regina (often abbreviated to D. G. Regina and seen as D·G·REGINA) is a Latin title meaning By the Grace of God, Queen. The male equivalent is Dei Gratia Rex meaning By the Grace of God, King. This phrase appears on the obverse of many coins, for example Canadian coins. A similar phrase, ""D.G.R.S."", meaning ""Dei Gratia Regina Sveciæ"" (""By the Grace of God, Queen of Sweden""), appeared on some Swedish coins. ""D. G. REG. F. D."" (""Dei gratia regina fidei defensor"") appears on some British coins. Pre-1918 coins of the Austrian Empire that showed the"
"The words themselves are most likely derived from the French ""apparaître"" and ""disparaître"", meaning 'to appear' and 'to disappear'. Another possible derivation is from the English word ""apparition"", meaning ""a supernatural appearance of a person or thing; anything that appears, especially something remarkable or startling; an act of appearing"", which comes from the Latin """"apparitio"""", meaning attendance. ""Disapparate"" probably comes from the same word but with the prefix: ""dis-"" expressing negation or reversal. Some magical creatures have their own forms of instantaneous travel, such as a house elf's ability to teleport or a phoenix's ability to appear and disappear in"
"(Latin ""cadena"" > French ""chaine"" > English ""chain"") and initial Germanic ""w-"" became ""gu-"" [gʷ] (+ ""-a"") before becoming simply [g] : ""Guadel > Gael"" (cf. Old French ""guarder"" > French ""garder"", English ""guard""). The symbol ""ë"" means in Modern French that the preceding ""a"" has to be pronounced : ""Ga-el"" [gaɛl] (not [gɛʲl]) Nevertherless the place-name is not from Breton but from Gallo-Romance ""Wadellu(m)"", derived of Old Low Franconian ""*wad"" ″ford″ > French ""gué"" ″ford″ (Old Norman ""wei"" > Norman ""vey"", Picard, Walloon ""wez""). There were always Gallo-Romance speaking communities east of Saint-Brieuc and the Breton languages disappears totally"
"the god of love on gaining his lady's favor, her love being symbolized by a rose. "" absent, communably, forwelk, fresh, fur, galantine, guerdon, habit, householding, jacounce, jagounce, jargon, jocund, lambskin, lightsome, lozenge, mansuete, masonry, mavis, medlar, mendicity, mendience, miscoveting, misway, mourning black, muid, nock, non-certain, obscure, overgilt, outwine, outstretch, outsling, palasin, papelardy, par coeur, parochial, patter, praise, prill, prime temps, Proteus, quail-pipe, racine, ravisable, recreandise, refraining, reft, resemblable, return, reverie, ribanding, rideled, riverside, roin, roinous, rose-leaf, sailour, Sarsenish, satin, savorous, scutcheon, seemlihead, shutting, slitter, smallish, snort, squirrel, suckeny, tassel, terin, thick-set, thread, timbester, tissue, tress, tretis, villainsly, volage, waterside,"
"at some unknown time in the past, in order to fill a natural hollow. An incised slab with a priest, which was removed from Castledillon, is now in the visitor centre in Kildare town. The stone has been damaged and although the inscription ICI GiST DEV DE SA ALLME EIT MERCI is visible, it is a generic phrase which translates as ""Here Lies (name illegible) God Have Mercy on His Soul."" The absence of a crosier has been noted to suggest he was not a bishop, as accorded in folklore, and may have been abbot in the friary of St"
"Sacrebleu Sacrebleu is a dated French profanity meant as a cry of surprise or happiness. The expression today is not used in the major French-speaking countries France, Belgium, Canada (Québec) or Switzerland, but in the English-speaking world it is well known from Agatha Christie's books about the fictional Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Most French dictionaries state ""sacrebleu"" to be equivalent to ""sacredieu"". The phrase originated from the words ""sacré dieu"". At varying points in history this was considered to be taking God's name in vain which is forbidden in the Ten Commandments. It was then changed to 'bleu' (blue) which"
"dart, defeit, defet, define, deliber, deliberation, derring do, desespeir, desesperance, desesperaunce, determine, digression, direct, disadvance, disadventure, disblame, disconsolate, discordable, discordant, disdainous, disjoint, dispone, disport, disposition, disseverance, dissimule, distil, distill, disturn, divineress, dulcarnon, embassador, enchant, enterpart, entune, erratic, estately, estrange, exchange, excusable, execute, executrice, expert, eyed, faithed, farewell, fatal, fate, faun, feasting, fervently, fetching, finally, firmly, fix, forbysen, forlose, forpass, fury, future, gaure, goodlihead, good night, goosish, governance, graceless, groof, grufe, guide, half-god, hardiment, hawking, heinous, hemisphere, herdess, heroner, hollowness, homecoming, horizon, howne, humbly, hust, immortal, impression, increase, in-eche, infernal, influence, infortune, inhelde, inhielde, injure, inknit, intendment, interchange, intercommune, janglery, jeopard,"
"it (excepting plain ""beau""), where it is pronounced , ""bureaucrat"" where it is pronounced , and ""bureaucracy"" where it is pronounced . Eau (trigraph) Eau is a trigraph of the Latin script. In Modern French, is pronounced and may or may not be the same phoneme as the one attached to the letter o. It is used as an ending for several words, like ""berceau"" (cradle) or ""manteau"" (coat), usually being the remnant of a suffix (""bercer"" meaning to cradle; ""mante"" meaning mantle). This is also a word by itself: ""eau"" means water. In English, only exists in words imported"