[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

No godly woman would ever think of usurping authority over her husband....notice what the word means...usurp  
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u·surp [yoo-surp, -zurp] Show IPA
verb (used with object)
1.
to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
2.
to use without authority or right; employ wrongfully: The magazine usurped copyrighted material.
verb (used without object)
3.
to commit forcible or illegal seizure of an office, power, etc.; encroach.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English < Latin ūsūrpāre to take possession through use, equivalent to ūsū (ablative of ūsus use (noun)) + -rp-, reduced form of -rip-, combining form of rapere to seize + -āre infinitive ending


I am a woman missionary but I do not wrongfully use authority....My husband is not a wimp....He is a man of God, the Bishop of our work in Brazil....I respect him as such and work with him as Priscilla of old....