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ENDURES |
Prevails |
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BESTS |
Prevails over bets about pole |
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HEATHENDOM |
That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the
heathen nations, considered collectively. |
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ERA |
A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a
signal stage of history; an epoch. |
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SEDUCER |
One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who
prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions. |
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CHRISTENDOM |
That portion of the world in which Christianity
prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in
distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands. |
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BISE |
A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of
the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the
mistral. |
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PREVAIL |
To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to
be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the
practice prevails this day. |
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BROCATEL |
A marble, clouded and veined with white, gray, yellow,
and red, in which the yellow usually prevails. It is also called Siena
marble, from its locality. |
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LAMAISM |
A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet,
Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name
of its priests. See 2d Lama. |
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PLAGUE |
An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in
Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of
Europe with ... |
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GAVELKIND |
...to all
his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without
issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the
... |