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Octave

The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.

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Interval 76% connected

A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

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Stanza 76% connected

A number of lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter, rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part o…

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Isosyllabism noun · 78% connection

(linguistics, poetry) the use of isosyllabic verse.; "But it is likewise true that — especially in the context of the eighteenth centu…

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Alliteration noun · 78% connection

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…

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Beginning rhyme noun · 78% connection

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…

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Blank verse noun · 78% connection

unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)

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Elegy noun · 78% connection

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

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Enjambement noun · 78% connection

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

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Enjambment noun · 78% connection

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

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Free verse noun · 78% connection

unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern

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Haiku noun · 78% connection

an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines

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Head rhyme noun · 78% connection

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…

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Initial rhyme noun · 78% connection

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "initial rhyme such as ‘around the rock the r…

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Lament noun · 78% connection

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

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Ode noun · 78% connection

a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

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Vers libre noun · 78% connection

unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern

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Anglo-Catholic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church s…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: eighth, church, festival, included, week.
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Annunciation noun · 78% connection

The festival celebrated (March 25th) by the Church of England, of Rome, etc., in memory of the angel's announcement, on that day; Lady…

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Benefice noun · 78% connection

An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of di…

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Broad Church unknown · 78% connection

A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, interme…

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Carnival noun · 78% connection

A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, dur…

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Christmas noun · 78% connection

An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a pa…

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Church-ale noun · 78% connection

A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used.

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Content noun · 78% connection

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of hi…

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Contents noun · 78% connection

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of hi…

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Cresselle noun · 78% connection

A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the l…

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Easter noun · 78% connection

An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It correspon…

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Encenia n. pl. · 78% connection

A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge,…

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Epiphany noun · 78% connection

A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the…

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Episcopalian noun · 78% connection

One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specificall…

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Evangelical adjective · 78% connection

Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to…

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Feria noun · 78% connection

A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast.

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Ferial adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to any week day, esp. to a day that is neither a festival nor a fast.

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Following adjective · 78% connection

(In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a…

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