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- adjective From, or pertaining to,
Mordovia (Mordvinia ) or their people or culture - proper noun A branch of the
Finno-Ugric language group. - proper noun Any of the people who speak this language.
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Finnish, Cheremis, Mordvin, and Samojed, belongs to the Ural group of languages, and further, together with Turkish and Mongolian — all of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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A woman's beauty, that which attracts and excites a man, lies in her foot; in Mordvin love poems celebrating the beauty of women there is much about her attire, especially her embroidered chemise, but as regards the charms of her person the poet is content to state that 'her feet are beautiful;' with that everything is said.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Havelock Ellis 1899
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A Mordvin bride must try to escape from the wagon on the way to the church.
Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890
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