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Language
Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.
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Smolensk
Language; Encyclopedias
An ancient town of Russia, and capital of a government (1,412) of the same name, on the Dnieper, 244 m. SW. of Moscow; is surrounded by walls; has a fine cathedral, and is ...
Stadtholder
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An anglicised form of the Dutch "stadhouder" (i. e. stead-holder), a title conferred on the governors of provinces in the Low Countries, but chiefly associated with the rulers of ...
Solomon of England
Language; Encyclopedias
An appellation conferred on Henry VII., and also satirically on James I., characterised by Sully as "the wisest fool in Christendom."
Syrinx
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An Arcadian nymph, who, being pursued by Pan, fled into a river, was metamorphosed into a reed, of which Pan made his flute.
Society Islands
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An archipelago in the South Pacific, consisting of 13 principal islands and numerous islets, the chief being Tahiti; they are mountainous, and engirdled by belts of flat land as ...
Sulu Islands
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An archipelago of 162 islands in Asiatic waters, lying to the NE. of Borneo, and extending to the Philippines; belongs to the Spaniards who, in 1876, subdued the piratical Malay ...
syllogism
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An argument consisting of three propositions, of which two are called premises, major and minor, and the one that necessarily follows from them the conclusion.
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