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Therapeutae

A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited.

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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 adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.

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Arc noun · 78% connection

A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.

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Arian a. & n. · 78% connection

See Aryan.

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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 administer the sacrament of baptism to.

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Basil noun · 78% connection

The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground.

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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

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…

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Burden noun · 78% connection

That which is borne or carried; a load.

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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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