Meaning of good word | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Positive recommendation.
2. The Bible, especially the New Testament.
3. News, recent events, especially of a positive nature
4. A holy promise or teaching.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, word.

Equivalents

Examples

“My grandfather mentioned the problem to Lord Fermoy, whom he knew through the British Legion. and Lord Fermoy said he would put⟳ in a good word.”

“For instance, if the person worked for a large company or lived in a large apartment building, he would give⟳ them a special price on their medications and tell⟳ them that he was doing so in the hope⟳ that they would pass⟳ the good word about the store to their friends.”

“Not surprisingly, my students rarely have⟳ a good word for good works!”

“"Hello, Worth: What's the good word?” “I have⟳ some news for you, but I'm afraid its not 'the good word' as you say⟳.” “OK, What's the bad news?"”

“He starts to thank⟳ me PROFUSELY, and I tell⟳ him to can that shit. I tell⟳ him to slip⟳ me the good word via General Delivery, Hubbard, North Dakota. "Listen⟳, asshole," I say⟳, "send⟳ me a postcard from the Weird Land⟳ of Mooses."”

“God's good word, both law and gospel, is your bulwark, your defense against bad theology and techniques of spirituality that make⟳ you anxious.”

“My Emily was always after me to read⟳ the good word with her, and now that she is gone, it is my only consolation.”

“I also could have⟳ done without the scene illustrating the difficulties that an ignorant savage—or anyone whose brain is in full, working order⟳—might have⟳ with certain passages of the Bible. Sitting in the prayer tent while Wes Studhi is conducting business, the Indians look⟳ at their copies of the good word with the same look⟳ of uncomprehending bafflement that Sid Vicious used to sometimes look⟳ at his bass, and then fall⟳ out of their chairs laughing when one smarty-pants among them allows as how she’d love⟳ to have⟳ been a fly⟳ on the wall when Mary was explaining to Joseph about how she’d gotten pregnant.”

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