Definitions
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- noun A grassy expanse in the hill region of Ceylon.
- noun (Eccl.) A paten.
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- noun A
grassy expanse in thehill region ofCeylon .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The forest approaches boldly to the very edge of a "patena," not disappearing gradually or sinking into a growth of underwood, but stopping abruptly and at once, the tallest trees forming a fence around the avoided spot, as if they enclosed an area of solid stone.
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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CROWLEY: If Obama wins, Clinton loses the patena of inevitability and New Hampshire polls showing a tie with Barack Obama grow more troublesome., unless, of course Clinton loses to John Edwards, producing an Edwards/Obama showdown for the not-Hillary slot.
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"Novum mandatum do vobis, etc.", during which "accipiat Sacerdos pacem de patena", saying
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The word paten comes from a Latin form patina or patena, evidently imitated from the Greek patane.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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This scene occurred just at that period of the morning when the grazing animals retired from the open patena to the cool shade of the forest: doubtless, the leopard had taken my approach for that of a deer, or some such animal.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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Indeed, the lemma paella has become so deeply entrenched in our everyday parlance that it has lost its connection to the etymon patina (patena) and later patella, meaning
Do Bianchi Do Bianchi 2010
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Indeed, the lemma paella has become so deeply entrenched in our everyday parlance that it has lost its connection to the etymon patina (patena) and later patella, meaning
Do Bianchi Do Bianchi 2010
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Oalix argenti deauratus, qui fuit ut dicitur Magiatri Roberti Capellani, ponderat cum patena Uj.sol. ix. d.
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770
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Caliz Graecus sine patena et de G-raeco trifurio, ponderat cum calamo vj. li.
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770
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Oalix de auro, quern dedit "Willelmus de Briwera," ponderat cum patena Ixvj.sol. viij. d.
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770
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