ervil
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ervil
First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin ervilia, akin to ervum “bitter vetch”; probably of non-Indo-European origin
Example Sentences
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Joel's brother, Ervil LeBarón, was the second-in-command until they fell out over the direction of the church.
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An unhinged and dangerous cult leader who had 13 wives and scores of children, Ervil then split and created a separate sect.
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In 1972, he ordered his brother's murder and it is believed Ervil's followers killed dozens of others on his command, including one of his wives and two of his children.
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Yet the victims of the massacre in Sonora had nothing to do with Ervil's church.
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"It's not like they can uproot an entire community," says Anna LeBaron, Ervil's daughter, who wrote a book about life in her father's sect called The Polygamist's Daughter.
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