6 sentences with 'parallel'
Example sentences and phrases with the word parallel and other words derived from it.
• « There was a parallel here with the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians, who also (during their expansionist phase during the New Kingdom) claimed to be bringing order to a chaotic world at the end of a sword. »
• « Euclid was the first to use obvious starting points called axioms - for example, the idea that two parallel lines will never intersect - in order to deduce more complex principles called theorems. »
• « In fact, it was not until the 19th century that writers moved away from Persian as the 'default' language of learning. Persian was thus something of a parallel to Latin in Europe, the big difference being that (unlike Latin) Persian was still a living language spoken by millions of people. »
• « In 1598 he issued the Edict of Nantes which officially propagated toleration of the Huguenots, allowing them to build a parallel state within France with walled cities, armies and an official Huguenot church, but forbidding them entry into Paris and participation in the royal government. »
• « In a symbolic parallel, the Committee also had the bodies of the dead French kings dug up and thrown into a mass grave (the corpse of Louis XIV fell over that of his grandfather, Henri IV). »