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Court

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 and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Assembly 76% connected

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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Authorities 76% connected

of Authority

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Cortege 76% connected

A train of attendants; a procession.

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Deference 76% connected

A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

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Field 76% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Government 76% connected

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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Hotel 76% connected

A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Regime 76% connected

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

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Residence 76% connected

The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a…

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Respect 76% connected

To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

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Retinue 76% connected

The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Seek 76% connected

Sick.

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Suite 76% connected

A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.

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Atrium 76% connected

A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

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Bailey 76% connected

The outer wall of a feudal castle.

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Chancery 76% connected

In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the ju…

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Cloister 76% connected

An inclosed place.

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Consistory 76% connected

Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.

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Inquisition 76% connected

The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.

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Parvis 76% connected

Alt. of Parvise

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Piste 76% connected

The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over.

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Porte 76% connected

The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which ju…

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Rota 76% connected

An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members.

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Chase 76% connected

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

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Display 76% connected

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

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Derivationally related 10

Courtly 74% connected

Relating or belonging to a court.

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Courtly 74% connected

Relating or belonging to a court.

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Courtship 74% connected

The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.

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Courtship 74% connected

The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.

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Romance 74% connected

A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arth…

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Romance 74% connected

A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arth…

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Woo 74% connected

To solicit in love; to court.

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Woo 74% connected

To solicit in love; to court.

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Wooer 74% connected

One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.

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Wooer 74% connected

One who wooes; one who courts or solicits in love; a suitor.

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Component part 2

Bar 70% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Bench 70% connected

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.

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Containing whole 2

Building 70% connected

of Build

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Edifice 70% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Jury 70% connected

For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.

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Synonym 7

Courtyard 92% connected

A court or inclosure attached to a house.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Homage 92% connected

A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by success…

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Judicature 92% connected

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

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Romance 92% connected

A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arth…

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Solicit 92% connected

To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

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Tribunal 92% connected

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

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Woo 92% connected

To solicit in love; to court.

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Related word 1

Law 70% connected

In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…

general 10% interchangeable

Court is connected to law, but it names a particular institution, source, principle or purpose rather than replacing the word law in every sentence.

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