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Establishment

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

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Narrower term 22

Academy 76% connected

A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the schoo…

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Bench 76% connected

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

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Charity 76% connected

Love; universal benevolence; good will.

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Colonization 76% connected

The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.

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Company 76% connected

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

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Curia 76% connected

One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus.

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Executive 76% connected

Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of t…

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Faith 76% connected

Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on…

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Federation 76% connected

The act of uniting in a league; confederation.

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Institution 76% connected

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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Issuer 76% connected

One who issues, emits, or publishes.

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Judiciary 76% connected

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

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Management 76% connected

The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as,…

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Perfumery 76% connected

Perfumes, in general.

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Poorhouse 76% connected

A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.

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Religion 76% connected

The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedien…

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Rettery 76% connected

A place or establishment where flax is retted. See Ret.

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Settlement 76% connected

The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

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University 76% connected

The universe; the whole.

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Vicariate 76% connected

Having delegated power, as a vicar; vicarious.

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Vicarship 76% connected

The office or dignity of a vicar.

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Winery 76% connected

A place where grapes are converted into wine.

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Broader term 10

Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

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Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Commencement 76% connected

The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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Construction 76% connected

The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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Organization 76% connected

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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Proof 76% connected

Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

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Start 76% connected

To leap; to jump.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Derivationally related 8

Demonstrate 74% connected

To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.

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Demonstrate 74% connected

To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.

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Establish 74% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

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Establish 74% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

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Found 74% connected

of Find

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Found 74% connected

of Find

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Institutional 74% connected

Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends.

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Institutional 74% connected

Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends.

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Containing whole 3

Government 70% 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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Regime 70% connected

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

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Component part 1

Hierarchy 70% connected

Dominion or authority in sacred things.

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Synonym 8

Administration 92% connected

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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Brass 92% connected

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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Constitution 92% connected

The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

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Formation 92% connected

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Governance 92% connected

Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.

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Institution 92% connected

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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Organization 92% connected

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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Validation 92% connected

The act of giving validity.

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