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Cell :: Cell (n.) A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit..

Fleur-de-lis :: Fleur-de-lis (n.) A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France..

Convent :: Convent (v. t.) To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene.

Formality :: Formality (n.) An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode.

Conventionalizw :: Conventionalizw (v. t.) To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance..

Signify :: Signify (n.) To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present..

Friary :: Friary (n.) Like a friar; pertaining to friars or to a convent.

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

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..

Kyriological :: Kyriological (a.) Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented the pure elementary sounds. See Curiologic..

Conventionary :: Conventionary (a.) Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants..

Conventical :: Conventical (a.) Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent..

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

Nun :: Nun (n.) A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience..

Compliment :: Compliment (v. i.) To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect.

Armistice :: Armistice (n.) A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce..

Lamasery :: Lamasery (n.) A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc..

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..

Atmo :: Atmo (n.) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0¡ Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris..

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

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