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Alexandrian
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.
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Alexandrine
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian.
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Almagest
noun · 78% connection
The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of…
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Appellative
noun · 78% connection
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
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Arc
noun · 78% connection
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the da…
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Arian
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to…
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Asceticism
noun · 78% connection
The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
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Athanasian
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria in the 4th century.
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Baptize
verb · 78% connection
To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.
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Basil
noun · 78% connection
The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush…
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Blackmail
noun · 78% connection
A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men w…
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Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
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Burden
noun · 78% connection
The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often re…
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Charism
noun · 78% connection
A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Chris…
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Claret
noun · 78% connection
The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name…
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Cone
noun · 78% connection
A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…
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Damianist
noun · 78% connection
A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
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Dom
noun · 78% connection
A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.
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