hod

Middle English

/hɔːd/, /hɑːd/, /hɛːd/

noun
Definitions
  • One's degree, level, office, or estate; one's position in relation to others
  • A religious or clerical office, position, or calling.
  • State, condition, one's position in relation to one's previous position.
  • (Christianity) The Trinity; the three hypostases composing the Godhead.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hād (rank, office, order, choir, condition, holy office, race, state, form, person, degree, manner, family, individual, nature, character, tribe, individuality, sex) inherited from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (state, condition, manner, appearance, character, kind, quality, personality, person, rank, way).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*haiduz

Gloss

state, condition, manner, appearance, character, kind, quality, personality, person, rank, way

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

人

Emoji

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