preference

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διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

choice: P. and V. αἵρεσις, ἡ.

in preference to, prep.: P. and V. πρό (gen.), V. πρόσθε (gen.), πάρος (gen.), P. ἔμπροσθεν (gen.); see before.