For the heathen supposing that the whole word, and all the creatures therein, was too great a diocese to be daily visited by one and the same Deity, they therefore assigned sundry gods to several creatures.

A mixed bag of sports-based news from Russia. First, manscaped president Vladimir Putin has released a set of high-camp photos of him working out on holibobs with his toy prime minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Coordinate term: AmE

to survey land or a coast