Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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Your word for today is: backdate (click on the link to see the full entry in Oxford Dictionaries Online)

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Monday, June 28, 2010

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Your word for today is: homemaker (click on the link to see the full entry in Oxford Dictionaries Online)

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Sunday, June 27, 2010

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Your word for today is: muslin (click on the link to see the full entry in Oxford Dictionaries Online)

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Saturday, June 26, 2010

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Friday, June 25, 2010

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

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Your word for today is: orchestrion (click on the link to see the full entry in Oxford Dictionaries Online)

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sodality
noun (pl. sodalities) a confraternity or association, especially a Roman Catholic religious guild or brotherhood.
origin early 17th cent.: from French sodalité or Latin sodalitas, from sodalis ‘comrade’.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

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Elohim
noun a name for God used frequently in the Hebrew Bible.
origin from Hebrew 'elohim (plural).

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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sarsenet
noun [mass noun] a fine, soft silk fabric, used as a lining material and in dressmaking.
origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French sarzinett, perhaps a diminutive of sarzin ‘Saracen’, suggested by Old French drap sarrasinois ‘Saracen cloth’.

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Monday, June 21, 2010

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Halacha
noun [mass noun] Jewish law and jurisprudence, based on the Talmud.
derivatives
Halachic adjective.
origin from Hebrew halakah ‘law’.

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