6 sentences with 'context'
Example sentences and phrases with the word context and other words derived from it.
• « There was also the constant threat of what surviving texts call "bandits", which in this context means the same as "barbarians". »
• « Initially, most Hebrews still at least acknowledged the existence of other gods; this phenomenon is called henotheism, a term for the worship of a single god in the context of a belief in the existence of more than one god (i.e., there are many gods, but we worship only one of them). »
• « This is important to bear in mind in the context of the discussion of Persian warfare, described below. »
• « The Celts provide a background context for the rise of Rome, as Roman expansion would end Celtic independence in most of Europe. »
• « One of the historical ironies of this period of history is that although the Roman Empire began to decline and (eventually) collapse politically, it lived on through the ideas and beliefs that originally arose in the Roman context - it lived on ideologically and spiritually. »
• « The context for this strange event was the state of the Catholic Church in the early 14th century. The Church was a very diverse and somewhat diffuse institution. »