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Marabout

A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.

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Stork 76% connected

Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old W…

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Marabou 70% connected

A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The As…

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Marabou 92% connected

A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The As…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Abandon verb · 78% connection

stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have…

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Adjustment noun · 78% connection

Settlement of claims; an equitable arrangement of conflicting claims, as in set-off, contribution, exoneration, subrogation, and marsh…

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Anthony's Fire unknown · 78% connection

See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint.

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Arrogance noun · 78% connection

The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant cl…

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Avowry noun · 78% connection

An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.

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Besaint verb · 78% connection

To make a saint of.

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Botch noun · 78% connection

Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finish…

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Canonize verb · 78% connection

To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

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Castor and Pollux unknown · 78% connection

See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.

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Competitor noun · 78% connection

One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.

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Consecrate verb · 78% connection

To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.

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Corposant noun · 78% connection

St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint.

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Crispin noun · 78% connection

A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron saint of the craft.

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Curative noun · 78% connection

a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

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Curatrix noun · 78% connection

A woman who cures.

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Cure noun · 78% connection

a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

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Curer noun · 78% connection

One who cures; a healer; a physician.

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Dagoba noun · 78% connection

A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint.

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