Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of discus.
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Examples
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FRUM: ... of imposing this kind of disci -- of imposing some kind of discipline on the liberal members of the Democratic Caucus?
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He writes of “a slaughter, hardly a fight, between disci plined well-armed men and scattered parties of savages scarcely armed at all.”
Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005
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The fact that his body-the yearnings and desires of his body-could have so completely overthrown the disci pline of his mind disgusted him.
The Soulforge Weis, Margaret 1998
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Then I poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of each disci - ple.
The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997
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I had told my disci - ples: "He who kills you will believe he is performing ser - vice for God," and those words came back to me-a comfort in this extremity.
The Gospel according to the Son Mailer, Norman 1997
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African National Congress (ANC) to discuss setting up a disci
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My anger was too sharp, my grief too fresh, my self-disci - pline nonexistent.
Nerilka's Story McCaffrey, Anne 1986
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He did not want to love her, yet, for that would be foolhardy; but only iron disci - pline kept him from sliding into that emotion at a time like this.
Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981
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Others waited in casual but still disci-plined formation on the ice between the two walls, while rafts shuttled supplies out from the city itself.
Mission to Moulokin Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1979
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Rein-hardt would be remembered as master of two disci-plines: science and salesmanship.
The Black Hole Foster, Alan Dean 1979
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