Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the Gr. Ch.: The vessel in which the consecrated oblate is kept.
  • noun A portion of the oblate which is placed in the cup as a symbol of the union of the body and blood of Christ. See commixture.
  • noun [capitalized] A genus of top-shells of the family Trochidœ. It is represented by a number of species in the colder seas.

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  • proper noun A female given name.

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  • noun a cocktail made of tequila and triple sec with lime and lemon juice

Etymologies

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Borrowed from the Latin and Spanish Margarita ("Margaret").

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Examples

  • As someone who thinks The Master and Margarita is one of the most splendid novels ever written, and Crime and Punishment one of the most boring, the Rejectionist is well aware that Mikhail Bulgakov is the author of the former, not the latter.

    Archive 2010-05-01 2010

  • As someone who thinks The Master and Margarita is one of the most splendid novels ever written, and Crime and Punishment one of the most boring, the Rejectionist is well aware that Mikhail Bulgakov is the author of the former, not the latter.

    Bookstore Appreciation Time! 2010

  • Margarita is a retired school teacher, and Patricia's husband is a medical doctor who owns a drug store.

    Sisters and mothers in a Mexico town 2007

  • Margarita is a retired school teacher, and Patricia's husband is a medical doctor who owns a drug store.

    Sisters and mothers in a Mexico town 2007

  • The main significance of this Margarita is that although made with quantity and Tequila of choice on the rocks, a shot of 80 proof Grand Marnier liqueur is added to the mix to cut some of the heavy lemony taste out of the drink.

    Cost of gas overwhelming in Mexico 2006

  • But the proportions vary from bartender to bartender, with the result that sometimes the Margarita is too sweet, or too sour, or just right.

    Tequila, more than just a margarita 2000

  • But the proportions vary from bartender to bartender, with the result that sometimes the Margarita is too sweet, or too sour, or just right.

    Tequila, more than just a margarita 2000

  • Are you aware that Margarita is not a Mexican drink?

    MARGARITA 1919

  • Flamingo Hilton Laughlin Margarita Glass Barware Large

    Glass Hilton | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • Master and Margarita is considered his magnum opus as well as his swan song and it elevated his name into the hall-of-fame of the world’s greatest novelists.

    Mikhail A. Bulgakov - Master and Margarita (Book Review) 2008

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