{"id":70071,"date":"2023-02-09T02:33:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T01:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orgelimstephansdom.at\/?p=70071"},"modified":"2023-02-09T02:33:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T01:33:18","slug":"bueddung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orgelimstephansdom.at\/?p=70071","title":{"rendered":"B\u00fcddung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/word-of-the-day<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-header-container wod-article-header\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span class=\"w-a-title margin-lr-0 margin-tb-1875em\" style=\"color: #999999;\">Word of the Day : February 8, 2023 <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"under-widget-title-line\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quick-def-box\">\n<div class=\"word-header\">\n<div class=\"word-and-pronunciation\">\n<h1><span style=\"color: #999999;\">despot<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a class=\"play-pron wod-autoplay hoverable\" style=\"color: #999999;\" title=\"Listen to the pronunciation of despot\" data-lang=\"en_us\" data-file=\"despot01\" data-dir=\"d\">play <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"word-attributes\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span class=\"main-attr\">noun<\/span> <span class=\"word-syllables\">DESS-putt<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"nav-arrow-container\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a class=\"prev-wod-arrow\" style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/word-of-the-day\/acquiesce-2023-02-07\" rel=\"nofollow\">Prev<\/a><a class=\"next-wod-arrow disabled\" style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/word-of-the-day#\" rel=\"nofollow\">Next<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"blue-divide thin-divide\" \/>\n<div class=\"lr-cols-area clearfix sticky-column d-flex\">\n<div class=\"left-content\">\n<div class=\"wod-article-container\">\n<div class=\"wod-definition-container\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #999999;\">What It Means<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">A <em>despot<\/em> is a ruler who has total power and who often uses that power in cruel and unfair ways. <em>Despot<\/em> can also be used somewhat formally to refer to a person who simply has a lot of power over other people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\/\/ Last semester, one of the history instructors taught a course about the ancient world&#8217;s most infamous <em>despots<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\/\/ He was a successful basketball coach, but many people regarded him as a petty <em>despot<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/despot\">See the entry &gt;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span class=\"wotd-example-label\">DESPOT<\/span> in Context<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wotd-examples\">\n<div class=\"left-content-box\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">&#8222;[The film <em>Matilda<\/em>] counts even more pointedly than the stage adaptation did on our reflexive sympathy for children subjected to the dictatorial whims of cruel adults. At the heart of it all is [actor, Emma] Thompson as heartless Agatha Trunchbull, authoritarian headmistress of Crunchem Hall, a primary school over which she presides with Olympian contempt for terrorized pupils she calls &#8218;maggots.&#8216; Thompson is a lover of elaborate dress-up &#8230; and here she&#8217;s bulked up and uniformed like a totalitarian <em>despot<\/em>.&#8220; \u2014 Peter Marks, <em>The Washington Post<\/em>, 21 Dec. 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wotd-right-content-box\" class=\"right-content-box active-subscribe\">\n<div id=\"wotd-subscribe-box\">\n<div id=\"subscribe-wod-box\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<h3 class=\"header\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Build your vocabulary! 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data-dim=\"quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\" data-ret-pref=\"8-track-tapes-9886-82a57afa87eeff50da880179056e67b1\" data-ret-x=\"1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/merriam-webster.com\/assets\/mw\/images\/quiz\/quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\/8-track-tapes-9886-82a57afa87eeff50da880179056e67b1@1x.jpg 1x, https:\/\/merriam-webster.com\/assets\/mw\/images\/quiz\/quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\/8-track-tapes-9886-82a57afa87eeff50da880179056e67b1@2x.jpg 2x\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/games\/antiquated-items?src=wotdl\">A Good Old-Fashioned Quiz<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a class=\"arrow-link\" style=\"color: #999999;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/games\/antiquated-items?src=wotdl\">PLAY NOW<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"item slick-slide slick-cloned\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"7\" 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style=\"color: #999999;\"><a class=\"img-link\" style=\"color: #999999;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/games\/2022-words-quiz?src=wotdl\"><span class=\"lazyload-container ratio-4-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"fireworks in a dark sky spell out 2022\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/merriam-webster.com\/assets\/mw\/images\/quiz\/quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\/fireworks%20in%20a%20dark%20sky%20spell%20out%202022-9783-7bfd062b9797e63cfd661632efafc158@1x.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Getty Images\" data-type=\"quiz\" data-dim=\"quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\" data-ret-pref=\"fireworks in a dark sky spell out 2022-9783-7bfd062b9797e63cfd661632efafc158\" data-ret-x=\"1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/merriam-webster.com\/assets\/mw\/images\/quiz\/quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\/fireworks%20in%20a%20dark%20sky%20spell%20out%202022-9783-7bfd062b9797e63cfd661632efafc158@1x.jpg 1x, https:\/\/merriam-webster.com\/assets\/mw\/images\/quiz\/quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\/fireworks%20in%20a%20dark%20sky%20spell%20out%202022-9783-7bfd062b9797e63cfd661632efafc158@2x.jpg 2x\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/games\/2022-words-quiz?src=wotdl\">Top Words of 2022 Quiz<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a class=\"arrow-link\" style=\"color: #999999;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/games\/2022-words-quiz?src=wotdl\">PLAY NOW<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"item slick-slide slick-cloned\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"10\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a class=\"img-link\" 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https:\/\/merriam-webster.com\/assets\/mw\/images\/quiz\/quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\/naughty%20or%20nice-3195-bd6a827875f1966b7a93ad1b2914e1ec@2x.jpg 2x\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/games\/naughty-or-nice?src=wotdl\">Are You Naughty or Nice?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a class=\"arrow-link\" style=\"color: #999999;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/games\/naughty-or-nice?src=wotdl\">PLAY NOW<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"item slick-slide slick-cloned\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"11\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a class=\"img-link\" style=\"color: #999999;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/games\/ntt-mega-3?src=wotdl\"><span class=\"lazyload-container ratio-4-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"alt-63935d4811189\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/merriam-webster.com\/assets\/mw\/images\/quiz\/quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\/alt-63935d4811189-9761-5948e81fbdf3f635eaffc278281411ff@1x.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"\" data-type=\"quiz\" data-dim=\"quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\" data-ret-pref=\"alt-63935d4811189-9761-5948e81fbdf3f635eaffc278281411ff\" data-ret-x=\"1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/merriam-webster.com\/assets\/mw\/images\/quiz\/quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\/alt-63935d4811189-9761-5948e81fbdf3f635eaffc278281411ff@1x.jpg 1x, https:\/\/merriam-webster.com\/assets\/mw\/images\/quiz\/quiz-games-landing-weekly-sm\/alt-63935d4811189-9761-5948e81fbdf3f635eaffc278281411ff@2x.jpg 2x\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/games\/ntt-mega-3?src=wotdl\">Name That Thing MegaQuiz: Vol. 3<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a class=\"arrow-link\" style=\"color: #999999;\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/games\/ntt-mega-3?src=wotdl\">PLAY NOW<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><button class=\"slick-next slick-arrow\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Next\">Next<\/button><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"blue-divide thin-divide\" \/>\n<div class=\"wod-activity-container\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Name That Synonym<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of <em>despot<\/em> in its &#8222;ruler with absolute power&#8220; meaning: a _ t _ cr _ _.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a class=\"view-answer-link\" style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2UryCfa\">VIEW THE ANSWER<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"blue-divide 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