Aegis synonyms

ē'jĭs

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auspice
Approval and support; guiding sponsorship; patronage
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protection
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
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shield
Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
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backing
(Music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer
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patronage
The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
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sponsorship
(Countable and uncountable) The aid or support provided by a sponsor; backing or patronage.
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patronization
Patronizing behaviour or talk
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auspices
Plural form of auspice
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egis
Alternative spelling of aegis.
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breastplate
A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.
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armor
(Hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion.
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athena
(Gr. Myth., person, proper) The goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare: identified with the Roman Minerva
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guidance
The definition of guidance is direction, advice or something that instructs.
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help (related)
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
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contraceptive
A substance or device capable of preventing pregnancy.
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joint-chairmanship (related)
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chairmanship (related)
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auspicies (related)
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defense
Justification or support by speech or writing; vindication
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control
The act or fact of controlling; power to direct or regulate; ability to use effectively
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Aegis Sentence Examples

  • According to this later tradition Yahweh was unknown till the days of Moses, and under the aegis of His power the Hebrew tribes were delivered from Egyptian thraldom.

  • She bears the aegis, the awful shield of Zeus.

  • Compacts with a powerful foreign state, under whose aegis Israel was glad to shelter, involved covenants sealed by sacrificial rites in which the deity or deities of the foreign state were involved as well as Yahweh, the god of the weaker.

  • The county of Tripoli, the second of these principalities, had also come under the aegis of Jerusalem at an early date.

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