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Legion

A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.

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Many 84% connected

A retinue of servants; a household.

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Many 84% connected

A retinue of servants; a household.

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Army 76% connected

A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Association 76% connected

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Concourse 76% connected

A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Multitude 76% connected

A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.

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Throng 76% connected

of Thring

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Sabaoth 76% connected

Armies; hosts.

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Multiplicity 74% connected

The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Multiplicity 74% connected

The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.

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Numerosity 74% connected

The state of being numerous; numerousness.

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Numerosity 74% connected

The state of being numerous; numerousness.

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Member part 1

Legionary 70% connected

Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or of an indefinitely great number; as, legionary soldiers; a legionary force.

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Synonym 3

Horde 92% connected

A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Host 92% connected

The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Numerous 92% connected

Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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