Definition of pali

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Pali (n.) A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc..

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Lithuanian :: Lithuanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland, but now Russian and Prussian territory)..
Opalize :: Opalize (v. t.) To convert into opal, or a substance like opal..
Pali :: Pali (n.) pl. of Palus.
Principality :: Principality (n.) A prince; one invested with sovereignty.
Palingenesy :: Palingenesy (n.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc..
Paling :: Paling (n.) Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure..
Revenue :: Revenue (n.) The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use..
Episcopalian :: Episcopalian (a.) Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church..
Prakrit :: Prakrit (n.) Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; -- in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects..
Palisadoes :: Palisadoes (pl. ) of Palisad.
Municipality :: Municipality (n.) A municipal district; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village..
Opalizing :: Opalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Opaliz.
Paliform :: Paliform (a.) Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals..
Palindrome :: Palindrome (n.) A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel..
Glass-crab :: Glass-crab (n.) The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma..
Kenogenesis :: Kenogenesis (n.) Modified evolution, in which nonprimitive characters make their appearance in consequence of a secondary adaptation of the embryo to the peculiar conditions of its environment; -- distinguished from palingenesis..
Train :: Train (v. t.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees..
Carpalia :: Carpalia (pl. ) of Carpal.
Impalement :: Impalement (n.) The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled..
Opalized :: Opalized (imp. & p. p.) of Opaliz.
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