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Diet :: Diet (n.) A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521..

Convent :: Convent (v. i.) A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery.

Conventionalism :: Conventionalism (n.) The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t..

Superioress :: Superior (n.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like..

Caucus :: Caucus (n.) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting..

Covent :: Covent (n.) A convent or monastery.

Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns..

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments..

Convent :: Convent (v. i.) To meet together; to concur.

Conventicler :: Conventicler (n.) One who supports or frequents conventicles.

Conventionality :: Conventionality (n.) The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.

Modish :: Modish (a.) According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast..

Death's-head :: Death's-head (n.) A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.

Size :: Size (n.) A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale..

Refectory :: Refectory (n.) A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents..

Canoness :: Canoness (n.) A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.

Delegation :: Delegation (n.) One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation..

Abbess :: Abbess (n.) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey..

Orthodox :: Orthodox (a.) Approved; conventional.

Death :: Death (v. i.) Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe..

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