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Look up: Sin

  1. sin
    [n] - (Akkadian) god of the moon 2. [n] - the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet 3. [n] - estrangement from god 4. [n] - (colloquial) violent and excited activity 5. [n] - an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God`s will 6. [v] - commit a faux pas or fault 7. [v] - commit a sin
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. SIN
    Special Inspection Notice
    Found on http://www.rssb.co.uk/glossary.asp

  3. Sin
    Babylonian moon god, the son of Enlil and father of Shamash, the sun god, and of Ishtar. The Babylonian or Sumerian calendar was regulated by the Moon, and Sin was...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  4. sin
    Transgression of the will of God or the gods, as revealed in the moral code laid down by a particular religion. In Roman Catholic theology, a distinction is made between mortal sins, which, if...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  5. SIN
    Substance Identification Number – As UN number
    Found on http://www.roadsafeeurope.com/glossary.h

  6. SIN
    Società Italiana di Nefrologia
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/~mlshams/acrony

  7. Sin
    Doing something wrong that separates you from God.
    Found on http://www.stpeter.dircon.co.uk/pages/gl

  8. sin
    Definition (keystage 3) An abbreviation for sine. <br /> sin(x) means the sine of x, i.e. the ratio of opposite side to hypotenuse for an angle of size x in a right-angled triangle.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  9. Sin
    Sin adverb , preposition , & conj. Old form of Since . [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] « Sin that his lord was twenty year of age.» Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/105

  10. Sin
    Sin noun [ Middle English sinne , Anglo-Saxon synn , syn ; akin to Dutch zonde , Old Saxon sundia , Old High German sunta , German sünde , Icelandic , Dan. & Swedish synd , Latin sons , sontis , guilty, perhaps originally from the present participle of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is. Confer Auth ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/105

  11. Sin
    Sin intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sinned ; present participle & verbal noun Sinning .] [ Middle English sinnen , singen , sinegen , Anglo-Saxon syngian . See Sin , noun ] 1. To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to v ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/105

  12. sin
    1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission. 'Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.' (John viii. 34) 'Sin is the transgression of the law.' (1 John III. 4) 'I think ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. sin
    sinning noun an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God`s will
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. sin
    sinfulness noun estrangement from god
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. sin
    noun the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. Sin
    noun (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. sin
    boob verb commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; `I blundered during the job interview`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. Sin
    `Sin` is a term used mainly in a religious context to describe an act that violates a moral rule, or the state of having committed such a violation. Commonly, the moral code of conduct is decreed by a divine entity (such as God in the Abrahamic religions). Sin is often used to mean an action that is prohibited or considered wrong; in some religions (notably some sects of Christianity), sin can refer to a state of mind rather than a specific act...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin

  19. SIN
    `SIN` can refer to: *Singapore, FIFA trigramme and International Olympic Committee country code *Singapore Changi Airport, IATA airport code *Social Insurance Number, a number issued in Canada to administer various government programs *Servicio de Inteligencia Naval (Argentina), the Intelligence branch of the Argentine Navy *Spanish International Network, a former television network *Sine, Trigonometric function Sine (the function is sin) *the cu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIN

  20. Sin
    • (n.) A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. • (n.) To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against. • (n.) To violate human r...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  21. Sin
    in Mesopotamian religion, the god of the moon. Sin was the father of the sun god, Shamash (Sumerian: Utu), and, in some myths, of Ishtar (Sumerian: ... [9 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/99

  22. sin
    moral evil as considered from a religious standpoint. Sin is regarded in Judaism and Christianity as the deliberate and purposeful violation of the ... [27 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/99

  23. sin
    sin 1. An act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will. 2. That which is in opposition to God's benevolent purposes for his creation. 3. Any reprehensible or regrettable action, behavior, lapse, etc.; great fault or offense: 'It's a sin to waste so much time on such an insignificant project.' According to the biblical writ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  24. sin
    1. estrangement from god
    2. an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
    3. ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse
    4. (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna
    5. the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    6. (colloquial) violent and excited activity

    Found on

  25. Sin
    Sin (sin) , moon god of Semitic origin, worshiped in ancient Middle Eastern religions. One of the principal deities in the Babylonian and Assyrian pantheons, he was lord of the calendar and of wisdom. The chief centers of his worship were at Harran and at Ur, where he was known as Nanna.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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