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Province

A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Arena 76% connected

The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered w…

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Domain 76% connected

Dominion; empire; authority.

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Field 76% connected

Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

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Orbit 76% connected

The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

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Sphere 76% connected

A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.

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Commonwealth 76% connected

A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.

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Eparchy 76% connected

A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a mo…

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Country 70% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Land 70% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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State 70% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Responsibility 92% connected

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

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State 92% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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