Definitions
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- proper noun A follower of Acacius of Caesarea, a 4th century bishop.
- adjective Of or relating to the Acacians.
- adjective Relating to a rift that occurred in the early 6th century, between the Eastern and Western Christian churches, occurring during the rule of Patriarch Acacius of Constantinople.
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Examples
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And so his children begin a quest to avenge their father's death and restore the Acacian empirethis time on the basis of universal freedom.
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Plague strikes the Acacian army, and its soldiers sweat blood and "lay prostrate in writhing intimacy with the earth."
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Towards the beginning of the book, the King is assassinated and the Acacian Empire falls to the Meins, Viking-like invaders from the North.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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Mr. Durham's second achievement is the way he explores the difference between the image the Acacian Empire projects and the reality of its weakness.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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Plague strikes the Acacian army, and its soldiers sweat blood and "lay prostrate in writhing intimacy with the earth."
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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What if the Acacian economy is fueled by some international trade?
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Aliver, young heir to the Acacian throne, is my next favorite character.
Archive 2007-07-01 Tia Nevitt 2007
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Aliver, young heir to the Acacian throne, is my next favorite character.
ACACIA Review - Pacing Tia Nevitt 2007
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What if the Acacian economy is fueled by some international trade?
A Month of Writers, Day Twenty Two: David Anthony Durham « Whatever 2007
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What if the Acacian economy is fueled by some international trade?
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