Greenfield Group
Since 1927
A Unitarian Universalist Ministers Study Group
Greenfield Group, a semi-annual gathering of Unitarian Universlaist Ministers, meets to discuss papers and common readings related to a chosen topic.
A Strange Word "Fissiparous"
Main Entry: fis·sip·a·rous
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin fissus, past participle of findere + English -parous
Date: 1874
: tending to break up into parts : divisive<fissiparous tendencies within a political party>
— fis·sip·a·rous·ness noun
Ministers can use really wierd words at times - Let's hope that he never bothered to use this in a sermon. It would be like pitching the fodder a bit high for the calves!
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