Charisma is a religous term originating in ancient Greece. It means ‘of the gods’, ‘of the spirit’. According to the ancient Greeks, a person with charisma had ‘the spirit of the gods’ flowing through them and this was what gave them that special, magical, charismatic quality.
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Apple of His Eye
In old English, the pupil of the eye was called ‘the apple.’
The pupil was thought to be spherical and solid and was the main part, or crucial part, of the eye.
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Cardinal Sin
The cardinal sins was listed by Bishop Thomas Ken in 1834 as: Pride, envy, sloth, intemperance, avarice, ire and lust.