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religion
1. n. The belief in a reality beyond what is perceptible by the senses, and the practices associated with this belief.
My brother tends to value religion, but my sister not as much.
2. n. A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.
Islam is a major religion in parts of Asia and Africa.
Eckankar is a new religion but Zoroastrianism is an old religion.
3. n. The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age.
4. n. Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.
At this point, Star Trek has really become a religion.
5. n. (obsolete) Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
6. v. Engage in religious practice.
7. v. Indoctrinate into a specific religion.
8. v. To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify.
region
1. n. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special
the equatorial regions
the temperate regions
the polar regions
the upper regions of the atmosphere
2. n. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
3. n. (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
4. n. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
5. n. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
the abdominal regions
6. n. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
7. n. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
administered
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of administer
administer
1. v. To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food.
2. v. To apportion out.
3. v. To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
4. v. (intransitive) To minister (to).
administering to the sick
5. v. (legal) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
6. v. To tender, as an oath.
7. v. (medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
by
1. prep. Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July.
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour.
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches.
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
The shop is hard by the High Street.
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
18. adv. Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
20. n. (card games) A pass
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
Bishop
1. n. alternative case form of bishop1, particularly as a title or term of address.
2. n. topics, en, Cities, Towns, California, USA, Georgia, USA, Illinois, USA, Maryland, USA, Texas, USA, West Virginia, USA
3. n. (Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or no
4. n. (religion, obsolete) A similar official or chief priest in another religion.
5. n. (obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
6. n. (obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of (m, la, episcopus), supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
7. n. The chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
8. n. (chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
9. n. Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
10. n. (dialectal) A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
11. n. (alcoholic beverages‎) A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
12. n. (US, archaic) A bustle.
13. n. (dialectal) A children's smock or pinafore.
14. v. (Christianity) To act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church.
15. v. (by extension, jocularly, obsolete) To confirm (in its other senses).
16. v. (Christianity) To make a bishop.
17. v. (Christianity, rare) To provide with bishops.
18. v. (dialectal) To permit food (especially milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quotation below, of horses).
19. v. (by extension, of horses) To make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth.
20. v. (colloquial) To murder by drowning.

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