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Traditional English :: synostosis
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synosis.html - n.
the joining of bones by ankylosis etc. [SYN- + Gk osteon bone + -OSIS] |
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Traditional English :: synod
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synosis.html - n. 1 a Church council attended by delegated clergy and sometimes laity (see also General Synod). 2 a Presbyterian ecclesiastical court above the presbyteries and subject to the General Assembly. 3 any meeting for debate. [ME f. LL synodus f. Gk sunodos meeting (as SYN-, hodos way)] |
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Traditional English :: synodic
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synosis.html - adj. Astron. relating to or involving the conjunction of stars, planets, etc. synodic period the time between the successive conjunctions of a planet with the sun. [LL synodicus f. Gk sunodikos (as SYNOD)] |
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Traditional English :: synodical
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synosis.html - adj.
1 (also synodal) of, relating to, or constituted as a synod.
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Traditional English :: synoecious
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synosis.html - adj.
Bot. having male and female organs in the same flower or receptacle. [SYN- after dioecious etc.] |
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Traditional English :: synonym
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synosis.html - n. 1 a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another in the same language (e.g. shut and close). 2 a word denoting the same thing as another but suitable to a different context (e.g. serpent for snake, Hellene for Greek) or containing a different emphasis (e.g. blindworm for slow-worm). 3 a word equivalent to another in some but not all senses (e.g. ship and vessel). synonymic adj. synonymity n. [ME f. L synonymum f. Gk sunonumon neut. of sunonumos (as SYN-, onoma name): cf. ANONYMOUS] |
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