Dictionary Word of the Day: Mot juste
Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 04:52PM mot juste \moh-ZHOOST\, noun:
a word or phrase that exactly fits the case
I'm crazy about words. My Dictionary Word of the Day posts came out of my love for words and my delight in learning new words. I set out to blog about the new words I've learned through Dictionary.com but, sadly, such is my vocabulary mania that entirely new words are few and far between. Most times I end up blogging about favorite words, or like today, word associations that jump into my mind when I read the current word of the day.
Today I will be leading a discussion of Hebrews 7: 26-28 with my friends, Dorothy and Carol.
26For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. 28For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.
Jesus Christ is the mot juste; He exactly fits the case. He exactly fits our need--in both His Person and His Work. The appointed Son, the Spotless Lamb of God, the Word made flesh.
The Mot Juste.
Reader Comments (1)
That was the perfect example for that word Kim.