Posts Tagged as ‘comely’

November 20, 2008

Comely

             Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous, for praise is comely for the upright!  Psalm 33:1
     Comely.  No longer in common use, this word nevertheless immediately conjures up the image of a woman.  A beautiful woman.  A gracious and lovely woman.  A woman with head held high–but not her nose.  A woman whose words [...]