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Legend

That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses.

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Story 76% connected

A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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Title 76% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

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Fabulist 74% connected

One who invents or writes fables.

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Fabulist 74% connected

One who invents or writes fables.

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Fabulous 74% connected

Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.

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Fabulous 74% connected

Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.

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Illustration 70% connected

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

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Caption 92% connected

A caviling; a sophism.

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Fable 92% connected

A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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