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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation cape
- abbreviation Celtic
- abbreviation century
- abbreviation chancellor
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Century . - abbreviation law
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Examples
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_Third C. - E.Q. C._ (_entering hurriedly, as his predecessor resumes his seat_).
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 Various
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The commercial parcels are often adulterated with the roots of _Costus indicus, C. speciosus_, and _C.
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A decision of Gregory the Great given in the Decree of Gratian (c. 4 jam vero C. 23, qu. 6) contains no warrant for religious coercion, since the pope simply grants to the Catholic colonists on his domains certain favours which he withholds from settlers obstinately adhering to their paganism.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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_ (C. maximus_ and _C. gracilis_) as furnishing a supply of water.
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I do not think that, if the eggs of _A. malcolmi, C. malabaricus_, and _C. terricolor_ were once mixed, it would be possible to separate them with certainty.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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W.A. in his lifetime, to wit, on, &c. at C. in the E.
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Interestingly enough, this word only exists today in abbreviation form, probably of centreweights, but the dictionary entries, even from a hundred years ago do not list this as a word, but do list c. or C. as the previous popular abbreviation as in Roman Numerals] The word listed is "hundredweight.
The Aeroplane Speaks 1919
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Inscript. for Door of Cell, Canning,} &c. Frere,} C. 71.
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[Footnote 1: The butterflies I have seen in these wonderful migrations in C.ylon were mostly _C.llidryas Hilariæ, C. Alcmeone_, and _C.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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[Footnote 1: The butterflies I have seen in these wonderful migrations in C.ylon were mostly _C.llidryas Hilariæ, C. Alcmeone_, and _C.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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