millennium
Webster Dictionary
a thousand years; especially, the thousand years mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during which holiness is to be triumphant throughout the world. Some believe that, during this period, Christ will reign on earth in person with his saints
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vigesimal
(ɪˈdʒɛs ə məl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
twentieth.
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twentieth
(ˈtwɛn ti ɪθ, ˈtwʌn-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a twentieth part, esp. of one (
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twentieth
(ˈtwɛn ti ɪθ, ˈtwʌn-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the twentieth member of a series.
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21st
(twenty-first, 21st)
Princeton's WordNet
coming next after the twentieth in position
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twenty-first
(twenty-first, 21st)
Princeton's WordNet
coming next after the twentieth in position
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shilling
(shilling)
Princeton's WordNet
an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
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nickel
(nickel)
Princeton's WordNet
a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
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vigesimation
Webster Dictionary
the act of putting to death every twentieth man
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pehlevi
Webster Dictionary
an ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings
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zohar
Webster Dictionary
a Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century
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mite
Webster Dictionary
a small weight; one twentieth of a grain
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nineteenth
Webster Dictionary
following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others
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vigesimal
Webster Dictionary
twentieth; divided into, or consisting of, twenties or twenty parts
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golden horde
(ˈgoʊl dənˌaɪ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the army of Mongols that overran E Europe in the 13th century and maintained suzerainty in Russia until the 15th century.
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albigenses
(ˌæl bɪˈdʒɛn siz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
members of an ascetic Christian sect that arose in Albi in the 11th century and was destroyed in the 13th century.
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soldo
Webster Dictionary
a small Italian coin worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth part of a lira
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thirtieth
Webster Dictionary
next in order after the twenty-ninth; the tenth after the twentieth; -- the ordinal of thirty; as, the thirtieth day of the month
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red-brick
(red-brick, redbrick)
Princeton's WordNet
of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century
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redbrick
(red-brick, redbrick)
Princeton's WordNet
of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century
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trainband
(trainband)
Princeton's WordNet
a company of militia in England or America from the 16th century to the 18th century
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quire
Webster Dictionary
a collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream
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impressionism
(ɪmˈprɛʃ əˌnɪz əm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a late 19th-century and early 20th-century style of musical composition in which subtle harmony, rhythm, and tonal color are used to evoke moods and impressions.
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prakrit
(Prakrit)
Princeton's WordNet
any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD
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renaissance
(ˌrɛn əˈsɑns, -ˈzɑns, -ˈsɑ̃s, ˈrɛn əˌsɑns, -ˌzɑns, -ˌsɑ̃s;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
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moor
(Moor)
Princeton's WordNet
one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century
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fin de siecle
(fin de siecle)
Princeton's WordNet
relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century)
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frank
(æŋk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a member of a confederation of Germanic peoples living on the right bank of the lower Rhine in the 3rd century a.d. and by the 6th century ruling most of what is now France, the Low Countries, and W Germany.
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thebes
(Thebes)
Princeton's WordNet
an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs
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alemanni
(ˌæl əˈmæn aɪ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a confederation of Germanic tribes, located W of the Rhine and N of the Danube rivers in the 3rd century a.d.: by the 5th century partially driven from this area and settled in N Switzerland and Alsace.
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