Galaxy: alternatives and connections

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

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The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.

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The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

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The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existe…

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The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm.

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All created things viewed as constituting one system or whole; the whole body of things, or of phenomena; the / / of the Greeks, the mundus of the La…

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The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe.

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One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.

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A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.

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