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  • 21Cassock — Not to be confused with Cossack. The cassock, an item of clerical clothing, is an ankle length robe worn by clerics of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Church, Lutheran Church and some ministers and ordained officers… …

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  • 22Green Room (White House) — The Green Room is one of three state parlors on the first floor in the White House, the home of the President of the United States. It is used for small receptions and teas. During a state dinner guests are served cocktails in the three state… …

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  • 23Academic dress of the University of Leeds — Academic Dress of the University= *Academic Undress A black gown. *Academic Dress **Undergraduate Licentiates and First Degrees ***Licentiates (Undergraduate Diplomas, Certificates and Foundation Degree): black Bachelor s gown with appropriate… …

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  • 24tabby — /ˈtæbi / (say tabee) noun (plural tabbies) 1. a cat with a striped or brindled coat. 2. a female cat. 3. Colloquial an old maid; a spinster. 4. Colloquial (dated) a woman, especially a girlfriend or sweetheart. 5. Colloquial any spiteful female… …

  • 25tabby — tabby1 /tab ee/, n., pl. tabbies, adj., v., tabbied, tabbying. n. 1. a cat with a striped or brindled coat. 2. a domestic cat, esp. a female one. 3. a spinster. 4. a spiteful female gossip or tattler. 5. See plain weave …

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  • 26Pontifical Decorations — • The titles of nobility, orders of Christian knighthood and other marks of honour and distinction which the papal court confers upon men of unblemished character who have in any way promoted the interests of society, the Church, and the Holy See …

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  • 27Franco Scalamandré — (born in Naples, Italy April 15, 1898, died March 4, 1988 at Plandome Manor, New York) was a co founder of Scalamandré Inc. one of the United States most prestigious manufacturers of traditional textiles, decorative textile trims, wall covering,… …

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  • 28Fascia (vestment) — The fascia is a sash worn by clerics and seminarians with the cassock in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church. It is also worn with the simar by those entitled to the simar s use. It is not to be worn as a belt but… …

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  • 29tabby — tab•by [[t]ˈtæb i[/t]] n. pl. bies, 1) dch a cat with a striped or brindled coat 2) dch a domestic cat, esp. a female one 3) a watered silk or taffeta 4) striped or brindled 5) tex made of or resembling tabby 6) tex to give a wavy or watered… …

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  • 30water — waterer, n. waterless, adj. waterlessly, adv. waterlessness, n. waterlike, adj. /waw teuhr, wot euhr/, n. 1. a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C …

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