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A tale devised to explain the origin of a religious observance.

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Usage examples (12)
  • But the Greek word Aristotle used was "aition," which is best translated as a "because."
  • Pneuma, in turn, is the ˜sustaining cause™ (causa continens, synektikon aition) of all existing bodies and guides the growth and development of animate bodies.
  • From the fame, thanking thcm for their ready and ipeedy exe - aition of the above order, p. 42. 55.
  • The situation in which we bow arc proves the correctness, as well as the importance, of the po - aition.
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