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common 1. Maths a. having a specified relationship with a group of numbers or quantities b. (of a tangent) tangential to two or more circles 2. Anatomy a. having branches b. serving more than one function 3. Christianity of or relating to the common of the Mass or divine office 4. a tract of open public land, esp one now used as a recreation area 5. Law the right to go onto someone else's property and remove natural products, as by pasturing cattle or fishing (esp in the phrase right of common) 6. Christianity a. a form of the proper of the Mass used on festivals that have no special proper of their own b. the ordinary of the Mass How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Things are said to be named 'equivocally' when, though they have a common name, the definition corresponding with the name differs for each. "Well, Pip," said Joe, "be it so or be it son't, you must be a common scholar afore you can be a oncommon one, I should hope The Communists are distinguished from the other working-class parties is only: (1) In the national struggles of the proletarians of the different countries, they point out and bring to the front the common interests of entire proletariat, independently of nationality. |
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