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Word of the Day for Monday, April 6, 2009 aegis \EE-jis\, noun: 1. Protection; support. 2. Sponsorship; patronage. 3. Guidance, direction, or control. 4. A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Zeus. It is this ideal of the human under the aegis of something higher which seems to me to provide the strongest counterpressure against the fragmentation and barbarization of our world. -- Ted J. Smith III (Editor), In Defense of Tradition: Collected Shorter Writings of Richard M. Weaver, 1929-1963 A third round of talks is scheduled to begin on May 23rd in New York under the aegis of the United Nations. -- "Denktash declared head after rival withdraws", Irish Times, April 21, 2000 In real life, Lang's father was commercially astute and fantastically hardworking, and under his aegis the construction business flourished. -- Patrick McGilligan, Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast Aegis derives from the Greek aigis, the shield of Zeus, from aix, aig-, "a goat," many primitive shields being goatskin-covered. Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for aegis Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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