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The following 433 entries include the term ofthe.

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harmony of the spheres

: a doctrine promulgated by the Pythagoreans that the celestial spheres are separated by intervals corresponding to the relative lengths of strings that produce harmonious tones compare music of the spheres

herb-of-the-cross

noun

: european vervain

house of the ascendant

: the first mundane house

idols of the cave

: idola due to individual peculiarities or prejudices compare idolum sense 2

idols of the forum

: idola due to human factors (as language) compare idolum sense 2

idols of the theater

: idola due to traditional doctrines and methods compare idolum sense 2

idols of the tribe

: idola due to human nature itself or to the tribe or race of man (as anthropomorphic projections) compare idolum sense 2

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

: a committee of the British Privy Council composed of leading jurists usually from Great Britain and occasionally from Commonwealth countries that acts as the highest court of appeal from British colonies and from some of the nations of the Commonwealth

keeper of the broad seal

keeper of the great seal

: a high officer of state in England and Scotland who has custody of the great seal : lord chancellor

keeper of the privy purse

keeper of the privy seal

king of the anteaters

: a South American antbird (Grallaria varia synonym G. rex)

king-of-the-herrings

noun

king of the mackerels

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