Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A termination denoting jurisdiction, or a district over which government is exercised. It occurs in bishopric, and a few words now obsolete.
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Examples
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I read somewhere that the new teacher ric is actually a shapeshifter or a person that can transform into other people.
'The Vampire Diaries' recap: Damon's plan revealed | EW.com 2009
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A closer look at the signature reveals something interesting: rather than Ulrich, which is how I've listed him as in the past, the signature actually reads ULRICH, with the 'ric' in smaller capitals than the 'u', 'l' and 'h'.
Ulrich Steve 2010
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A closer look at the signature reveals something interesting: rather than Ulrich, which is how I've listed him as in the past, the signature actually reads ULRICH, with the 'ric' in smaller capitals than the 'u', 'l' and 'h'.
Archive 2010-05-01 Steve 2010
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The given name Rodrigo is the Spanish form of Roderick, meaning "famous power," from the Germanic elements "hrod, fame and" ric, "power.
CLAIMING YOUR PEOPLE: THINK BIG Maggie Jochild 2007
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I remember a red gingham dress embellished with red ric rac, a black and blue plaid with black velvet collar and cuffs, a lovely cream with tiny red rosettes and one of those big collars trimmed in cream - colored eyelet, a salmon shantung that I wore for graduation from high school, and my very favorite -- a cream with pink and periwinkle flowers.
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Or will they just resort to taking the credit somehow. ric in NY
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As French theorist Fr é d é ric Bastiat argued, it's a fallacy to think that breaking a window creates work, because while the glazier's gain of work is visible, the tailor's loss of work caused by the window-owner's loss of money — and consequent decision to delay purchase of a coat — is not.
Studying the Biases of Bureaucrats Matt Ridley 2010
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Our nation will be prosperous again, just hope everyone who overspent, bought too big a house with too little money, and the banks that lent the money have learned their lesson! ric
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French Culture Minister Fr é d é ric Mitterrand said in a statement that Iliad's attitude was "unacceptable."
All Eyes on France as Officials Enforce New Antipiracy Law Max Colchester 2010
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Were Mr. Sarkozy to show these lost children of Fr é d é ric Bastiat that they have traded a monarchy for a union-made straitjacket, he might have achieved much deeper reforms than a two-year extension of French workers 'productive years.
Dissecting French Schizophrenia Rachel Marsden 2010
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