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Non-Fiction

CTyankee

(65,494 posts) Mon Jun 12, 2023, 02:41 PM Jun 2023

Use of "sprang up." [View all]

Should I use the verb "arose" or the verb phrase "came into being" instead?

Here is my sentence:

"The cult of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music, sprang up in Rome around the time of the founding the Church."

Is "originated" better?

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Use of "sprang up." [View all] CTyankee Jun 2023 OP

Yes riverbendviewgal Jun 2023 #1

Organized? UpInArms Jun 2023 #2

Sprang up is appropriate. FalloutShelter Jun 2023 #3

Sprang Timewas Jun 2023 #4

A little research did not reveal how or why the cult appeared/sprang up. I prefer the more active CTyankee Jun 2023 #6

"arose" for the sound before the sound Rome in the sentence sanatanadharma Jun 2023 #5

"Sprang up" implies suddenness, and sounds too modern to me royable Jun 2023 #7

Well, nobody seems to know (according to my research). CTyankee Jun 2023 #8

And listen to " Hymn to St Cecilia," a choral piece by Benjamin Britten royable Jun 2023 #9

I actually did listen to it a couple of months ago when I was pondering the St. Cecilia chapter of CTyankee Jun 2023 #16

I'll take ".... came into being in Rome around the time of the Church's founding." sinkingfeeling Jun 2023 #10

Which church? RainCaster Jun 2023 #11

I'm pretty sure that readers understand it to be Roman Catholic, given the information I supply. CTyankee Jun 2023 #12

It wouldn't hurt to spell it out RainCaster Jun 2023 #13

That is a great idea! This saint is everlasting in our culture. Not only with Paul Simon's "Cecilia" CTyankee Jun 2023 #14

Manifested pscot Jun 2023 #15

'Despite her Roman origins, the musicians' cult of St. Cecilia spread from Northern Europe to Italy Donkees Aug 2023 #17