Bench: alternatives and connections

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office…

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A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for…

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An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes cont…

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To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

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The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to disp…

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To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.

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The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.

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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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A subdivision of a group, as of animals.

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A table for holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc.

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A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.

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One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes calle…

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A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.

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A seat of any kind.

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To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

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To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

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A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or…

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A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or…

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of Authority

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The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.

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Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.

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An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street a…

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The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice.

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A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.

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A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter.

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The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.

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To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

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Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding.

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A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or…

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A bench on which work is performed, as in a carpenter's shop.

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