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[Dixonary] Rbd 3112 PALLADIUM - Vote
I'll take 7 and 11.
Nancy On Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 5:36:52 AM UTC-5 johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk wrote: > Dear Friends > > As one grows older everything takes more time and the results are less > accurate - so firstly, I am sorry I am late and secondly I hope I included > all the defs > > Here are 14 defs for PALLADIUM please vote for 2 of them or declare > yourself a DQ if you now know it (but don't look it up until after you have > voted) > > Vote Deadline: 10:00 BST Monday morning > > *JohnnyB* > > 1 a temple to Pallas Athena, then (under the > Romans) to Minerva > > 2 (also hippodrome) a Roman arena used for > dramatic and other performances, such as the one restored at Caesarea > > 3 Brit. a vaudeville theater > > 4 the calm weather that may precede a storm > > 5 an ornate sacramental table used in temples > to hold offerings to a deity, often for the purpose of ritual blessing > > 6 the flattened tip of a hypha in various > species of parasitic fungi from which a filament emerges that penetrates > the host's tissues > > 7 a thing on which the safety of a nation, > institution, privilege, etc., is believed to depend; a source of > protection, a safeguard > > 8 an entranceway to a theatre > > 9 a commemorative arch, often stand-alone > > 10 the place from which a jury is drawn and in > which trial is held > > 11 in Roman times, a room for entertaining > guests > > 12 a piece of land containing a sacred grove of > trees > > 13 a toga bordered in purple, worn by Roman senators during > the time of the Caesars. The dye used, know as Tyrean purple, was made from > the crushed shells of certain sea snails, and was quite rare and expensive. > Julius Caesar was reputed to have worn a toga dyed entirely in purple, > whence the term "royal purple" > > 14 a dam constructed of concrete and/or masonry > on the outside but having a hollow interior filled with unshaped or > uncoursed stones or rubble > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam paign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam paign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > <#m_-7467450538812590006_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com. |
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