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Rooted in the feudal system of a servant paying homage to a lord, or a subject paying homage to a king, the term diminishes the faith-filled transformation in the hearts of those wise men from the east who came and knelt down and worshipped the Savior, Messiah, Christ the Lord; they worshipped the new born king in their heart.

David A. Davis: Why 'Homage'? The Story Of Epiphany David A. Davis 2011

“With Jilseponie gone, our — your — claim to the title diminishes greatly, perhaps completely.”

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

“With Jilseponie gone, our — your — claim to the title diminishes greatly, perhaps completely.”

Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

But all pain diminishes over time, even bitterly delivered pain.

The Persistence of Memory 2010

But if a voter sees a Republican spot 25 times and a Democratic spot 20 times, the relative value of the five-spot Republican margin diminishes enormously.

Robert Creamer: Four More Reasons Why Democrats Will Retain Control of House and Senate Robert Creamer 2010

All of the name calling diminishes your image though and you’re no sort of expert to banter in that way.

Think Progress » Bush Administration Has Pressured Half Of Gov’t Scientists To Downplay Global Warming 2007

The lumen of the vein diminishes and the wall shows an enormous sclerosis.

Alexis Carrel - Nobel Lecture 1967

The storm is sweeping past, already the rain diminishes, the lightning pales, the thunder retreats till leagues and leagues away we hear it "moaning and calling out of other lands."

An Island Garden 1894

Overextending the designation diminishes the special quality of Wilderness, he said.

Aspen Times - Top Stories 2009

Additionally, we learn that separating the Son from the Father does not divide or lessen God the Father any more than dividing a fire, or saying a word diminishes the ability of the person who said the word to think of more words.

LDS Doctrine 2008