They
Honorific alternative letter-case form of of they, sometimes used when referring to gods or other important figures who are understood from context.
Pronoun
- Honorific alternative letter-case form of of they, sometimes used when referring to gods or other important figures who are understood from context.
- Then raising Their hands, each god according to his sign, They made the worlds and the suns, and put a light in the houses of the sky. - 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], “Of the Making...
- The question arises in a practical way in two possible situations: either ‘here is Mr. A: he wants to do some research and has a grant of so much for X years’: or ‘here is a problem: They (capital T, please) want us to...
- God is used as the mouthpiece of the parent. You come to feel that you can never be good enough or perfect enough in their eyes or in God’s. Even when you start to think for yourself, you have the dim fear that They...