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07/04/2025

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TANTRISM

The system of doctrines and rites taught in the tantras. --Tan"trist (#), n.

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DISCERNIBLENESS

The quality of being discernible.

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READMITTANCE

Allowance to enter again; a second admission.

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SUCCENTOR

A subchanter.

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SEBIFEROUS

Producing vegetable tallow.

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PORTERHOUSE

A house where porter is sold. Porterhouse steak, a steak cutfrom a sirloin of beet, including the upper and under part.

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URIM

A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priestamong the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certainoccasions. Its nature has been the subject of conflictingconjectures.Thou shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and theThummim. Ex. xxviii. 30.And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not,neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 1 Sam. xxviii. 6.

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EXPRESSURE

The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation.[Obs.]An operation more divine Than breath or pen can give expressure to.Shak.

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ORDINARYSHIP

The state of being an ordinary. [R.] Fuller.

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SAFENESS

The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard,danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of anexperiment, of a journey, or of a possession.

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ARUSPICE

A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex. [Written alsoharuspice.]

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EVESDROP

See Eavesdrop.