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  • 91ceinture — noun Etymology: Middle English seynture, from Anglo French ceinture, from Latin cinctura more at cincture Date: 15th century a belt or sash for the waist …

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  • 92cingulum — noun (plural cingula) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, girdle, from cingere to gird more at cincture Date: 1845 an anatomical band or encircling ridge • cingulate adjective …

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  • 93precinct — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin praecinctum, from Latin, neuter of praecinctus, past participle of praecingere to gird, encircle, from prae pre + cingere to gird more at cincture Date: 15th century 1. a part of a territory… …

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  • 94succinct — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin succinctus having one s clothes gathered up by a belt, tightly wrapped, concise, from sub + cinctus, past participle of cingere to gird more at cincture Date: 15th century 1. archaic a. being girded …

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  • 95surcingle — noun Etymology: Middle English sursengle, from Anglo French surcengle, from sur + cengle girdle, from Latin cingulum more at cingulum Date: 14th century 1. a belt, band, or girth passing around the body of a horse to bind a saddle or pack fast to …

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  • 96cinch — I. noun Etymology: Spanish cincha, from Latin cingula girdle, girth, from cingere more at cincture Date: 1859 1. a girth for a pack or saddle 2. a tight grip 3. a. a thing done with ease b. a certainty to happen < it s a cinch he ll br …

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  • 97enceinte — I. adjective Etymology: French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *incenta, alteration of Latin incient , inciens being with young, modification of Greek enkyos pregnant, from en + kyein to be pregnant more at cyme Date: 1602 pregnant 4 II. noun&#8230; …

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  • 98Society of Jesus — Jesuit redirects here. For the American hardcore punk band, see Jesuit (band). For the personal philosophy encompassing the moral teachings of Jesus, see Jesuism. Society of Jesus Abbreviation SJ, Jesuits Motto …

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  • 99List of Latin words with English derivatives — This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both&#8230; …

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  • 100The Magician (Tarot card) — card, often numbered 0. Iconography In French, the Magician is called Le Bateleur , the mountebank or the sleight of hand artist , a practitioner of stage magic. The Italian tradition calls him Il Bagatto or Il Bagatello , words of uncertain&#8230; …

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