1
: a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace
2
: a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals
3
: one that lacks virility or power
political eunuchs
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The current sanctuary, built after fire destroyed the first in 1897, has a stained glass window depicting the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch.
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Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2023
Ken is the first man—or, technically, eunuch—many little girls will ever see nude.
—Longreads, 20 July 2023
The early Christian community carried on this tradition of welcome, readily baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26-39).
—oregonlive, 9 July 2023
What’s worse, he inadvertently gets caught up in a eunuch’s plot against Tipu Sultan.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
Sima Qian, the Chinese world historian (born circa 145 BC), was accused of defaming the emperor and given a choice between execution and becoming a palace eunuch.
—Simon Sebag Montefiore, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2023
The material was first developed by Cai Lun, a second-century eunuch in the court of the Eastern Han dynasty, who used pulp from tree bark and other materials to make thin paper sheets.
—Bobby Miller, National Review, 2 Dec. 2022
The very first missionary in the book of Acts was a castrated Black man, the Ethiopian eunuch.
—John Blake, CNN, 17 Sep. 2022
Miller cannot remedy Byatt’s upper-class patronization, which relies upon a eunuch hero with no phallus, just a mermaid’s mound.
—Armond White, National Review, 7 Sep. 2022
Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2023
Ken is the first man—or, technically, eunuch—many little girls will ever see nude.
—Longreads, 20 July 2023
The early Christian community carried on this tradition of welcome, readily baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26-39).
—oregonlive, 9 July 2023
What’s worse, he inadvertently gets caught up in a eunuch’s plot against Tipu Sultan.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
Sima Qian, the Chinese world historian (born circa 145 BC), was accused of defaming the emperor and given a choice between execution and becoming a palace eunuch.
—Simon Sebag Montefiore, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2023
The material was first developed by Cai Lun, a second-century eunuch in the court of the Eastern Han dynasty, who used pulp from tree bark and other materials to make thin paper sheets.
—Bobby Miller, National Review, 2 Dec. 2022
The very first missionary in the book of Acts was a castrated Black man, the Ethiopian eunuch.
—John Blake, CNN, 17 Sep. 2022
Miller cannot remedy Byatt’s upper-class patronization, which relies upon a eunuch hero with no phallus, just a mermaid’s mound.
—Armond White, National Review, 7 Sep. 2022
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