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ordinary of the season
: an established Christian service or any part of it appointed for any ordinary Sunday or weekday from the octave of Epiphany to the first Sunday in Lent and from Trinity to Advent
overseer of the poor
: a person who is appointed or elected to take care of or to assist the poor with money, supplies, or services furnished by public authority and whose duties are prescribed by local statutes
parallactic libration of the moon
: diurnal libration of the moon caused by the observer's view over the upper limb of the moon when it is rising and setting
People of the Book
philosophy of the Garden
pillar of the diaphragm
: any of the crura of the diaphragm
pleas of the crown
: the pleas or actions of which the crown formerly claimed exclusive jurisdiction as affecting the king's peace
pole of the heavens
pride of the morning
: a light fog or misty dew such as often precedes a fine day
pride-of-the-peak
noun: an orchid (Habenaria paramoena) chiefly of southeastern U.S. that has rose-purple to violet flowers with the lip shallowly erose and the terminal lobe deeply emarginate
priming of the tide
: acceleration of the time of high or low water in the 1st and 3d quarters of the moon —opposed to lag of the tide
privilege of the floor
: the right of a person to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative chamber while the legislature is in session
promoter of the faith
pumping of the barometer
: a rather rapid rise and fall of the column of the mercurial barometer due to inertia attending changes in the rate of vertical motion : a corresponding oscillation of the index of the aneroid barometer or of the recording pen of the barograph due to various causes (as change of pressure)
purple of the ancients
: tyrian purple
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