Human speech - an amazing phenomenon, not only in itself but also because of the fact that we use the words, most of which exist for thousands of years.Just think, we talk about the same as our ancestors did ten tribes back!And even those words and expressions which contemporary native speaker seem cryptic and incomprehensible, on closer inspection, turn out to be yet "familiar strangers".One of them will be discussed in this article.
One person names
reading old books, you do not just might bump into a strange word: John Doe."What is it?" - Ask yourself puzzled.Whether a foreign word, or meaningless gibberish?Do not rush to pass judgment.This is a very old word that came to us from the Church Slavonic language.It was formed by fusion of two roots - the name and the rivers (rek).It turned out John Doe.What does it mean?The first part - "name" - refers to the actual name of the person."Rek" - the oldest form of the word "we", speaking, pronunciation of the name.Originally used in the spiritual and devotional texts as an indication that his place shall stand: Vassily, Anna, Eugene, and so on. D. That is, the personal name is John Doe.What it is well known not only priests, but also clerks.The term is often used in official documents until the early twentieth century.It indicates that this place should be filled personal data (name, first name, middle name) of whom the document in question.There is also a synonym for the word John Doe.What this may explain another term - "ekzemplifikant."He refers to a specific name or concept, cast as an example for the name of a place or person.
Sacrament prayers
Let us examine now the specific examples.What is John Doe in prayer?For example, it is addressed to any prelate (saint).If the text is read by the usual prayer book (prayers), without specifying a particular person, instead of the expression, you must call to who to contact.For example, St. Nicholas, St. John Chrysostom and other "O Nicholas, Lord ugodniche, intercede for us sinners!" This means that John Doe in your prayers.Or, if you are asking for someone, you name it.And then, "John Doe," is synonymous with the phrase "servant of God", "Lord God, do not forsake their mercy, Support and help to heal the servant of God Irina from her illness!Amen. "
Sacrament conspiracy
Prayer, as plot, has a strong power, and by which they made a magical effect on the destiny of man.Connecting to a centuries-old egregors going through the sacrament of the Word, special language "formula", invisible threads connecting the man and the mysterious forces (nature or higher), which calls in the help.What is John Doe in the conspiracy?The same as in prayer.In place of this expression should be called the name of whom the plot is done.For example, here is a useful plot, which protects a person from any fraud, theft, loss of money.We need a money (notes or coins) wrapped in a handkerchief nose and saying: "I bow to the Lord, I pray to Archangel Michael!From all people dashing otkreschus from evil hearts and minds, so that they are not duped head, so that money is not taken away, the fog on God's servant (name - Natalia) does not impose, the parties getting around!May it be so!Amen. "Charmed warehouse (handkerchief with money) carry.According to connoisseurs (quack), this ritual can really save a person from the relevant adverse events.
Other
use of the word in modern Russian the phrase "John Doe" in everyday life is quite rare.The given dictionaries marked "obsolete, book".Typically, it is used in an ironic context, to replace the specific name of someone else.For example, "Ilya Ivanovich was a man of nervous, unstable and even more violent.Knowing that the neighbors, mostly consisting of old women of advanced years, his pretty little afraid, this John Doe used this their weakness, occasionally intercepting penny "payday".But, as we know, there are no non-performing poluchek because gray and dandelions God did not expect the return borrowed. "By the way, the word is used as an alias Ivan Turgenev.Here's a John Doe turns!
