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Priory

A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2.

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Abbess noun · 78% connection

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over th…

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Agonothete noun · 78% connection

An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.

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Apoptosis noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Archchancellor noun · 78% connection

A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.

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Caspase-mediated cell death noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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CD8 cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it

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CD8 T cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it

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cell membrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Chapter noun · 78% connection

An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a dio…

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Clio noun · 78% connection

The Muse who presided over history.

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Corody noun · 78% connection

An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's servants…

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Court of justice noun · 78% connection

a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws

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Court of law noun · 78% connection

a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws

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Cystoplast noun · 78% connection

A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.

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Cytomembrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cytotoxic T cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it

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Deacon noun · 78% connection

An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholi…

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Devout verb · 78% connection

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religiou…

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