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81. cathecumine n.

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A new convert to Christianity, a catechumen. …

82. cathēdra n.

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A bishop's chair; feste of S. Peter in cathedra, the festival commemorating Peter's becoming bishop of Antioch, February 22. …

83. Cathegorīes n.

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Aristotle's Categories. …

84. caustik adj. & n.

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(a) Of medicines: having the property of burning organic tissue by chemical action; strongly corrosive, caustic; (b) a caustic medicine. …

85. cautērie n.

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(a) A cauterizing operation; cauterization with a heated instrument or substance [actual cauterie, cauterie of fir] or with herbs or a caustic or escharotic medicine [potencial cauterie]; (b)……

86. cenopheǧie n.

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The Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. …

87. cerānius n.

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'Thunderstone', a 'stone' of magical properties, said to fall from the sky in thunderstorms. …

88. cerastēs n.

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The horned viper (Cerastes cornutus). …

89. Cerberus n.

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Cerberus. …

90. cēte n.(1)

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A whale; cete grande, great whale. …

91. chelidre n.

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A venomous snake. …

92. chẹ̄re n.(1)

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(a) The human face; casten chere upon, look at (sb.); the face or presence (of God); (b) the face (of a flower, star); surface. …

93. chervel n.

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Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium, used as a pot-herb and in medicaments. …

94. chilindre n.

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A portable sun dial in the shape of an upright cylinder with a conical top [see L. Thorndike in Isis 13.51-2]. …

95. chimēra, chimēre n.

Additional spellings: chimere
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A fabled monster, part lion, goat, and dragon. …

96. ciatus n.

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A measure of weight [see quot.]. …

97. Ciclōpes n. (plural)

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(a) Cyclopes (a race of one-eyed giants); (b) a kind of one-eyed monster. …

98. cinabāre n.

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A red pigment, vermillion. …

99. cino-cephales n. (plural)

Additional spellings: cinocephales
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A fabled race of dog-headed creatures. …

100. ciperus n.

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The galingale or its root. …

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