Although "middlebrow" often has connoted contempt, Lynes lauded the zeal and aspirations of the middlebrows. Used figuratively, the term "hashishi" connoted meanings such as outcasts or rabble. Used figuratively, the term "hashish" i connoted meanings such as outcasts or rabble. Paganism has broadly connoted the "religion of the peasantry". The new word connoted a certain seriousness. For the white Creole revolutionaries, the declaration of independence connoted to political autonomy. Since these Hispanic neighborhoods were less affluent, the word also connoted poverty and substandard housing. In the minds of many, the word "emperor" connoted superiority or pre-eminence over kings. The term "Megamachine" connoted the social structure in its entirety. In the first case "paricida" is connoted as "homicida". This word connoted a shallow container, not a deeper bowl style. He suggests that it originally connoted the pleasure of colour. And others say that no tense at all can be connoted. The quality of the chromos was well connoted by the collectors of figurine albums. The number four connoted heaven as the throne of God.