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(adjective) shut off from the light; dark murky / (adjective) hard to understand; obscure / (adjective) causing gloom

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In some tenebrous manner, Hitler saw in the messanaic coherence of the Jewish people

—p.73 From The House of the Dead (69) by George Steiner

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In some tenebrous manner, Hitler saw in the messanaic coherence of the Jewish people

—p.73 From The House of the Dead (69) by George Steiner

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(noun) air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality; demeanor / (noun) appearance aspect

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th native qualities of childhood in a child's mien and motion

—p.81 De Mortuis (78) by George Steiner

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th native qualities of childhood in a child's mien and motion

—p.81 De Mortuis (78) by George Steiner

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(noun) a building or chamber in which bodies or bones are deposited

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on medieval graveyards and charnel houses

—p.84 De Mortuis (78) by George Steiner

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on medieval graveyards and charnel houses

—p.84 De Mortuis (78) by George Steiner

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(noun) a building or chamber in which bodies or bones are deposited

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on medieval graveyards and charnel houses

—p.84 De Mortuis (78) by George Steiner

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on medieval graveyards and charnel houses

—p.84 De Mortuis (78) by George Steiner

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(noun) the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop / (noun) a brood of birds of prey / (noun) an elevated often secluded dwelling, structure, or position

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My wife and I never made it to that famed aerie

—p.86 One Thousand Years of Solitude (86) by George Steiner

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My wife and I never made it to that famed aerie

—p.86 One Thousand Years of Solitude (86) by George Steiner

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(adjective) of, relating to, or suggestive of marble or a marble statue especially in coldness or aloofness

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its marmoreal ferocity

of prose

—p.87 One Thousand Years of Solitude (86) by George Steiner

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its marmoreal ferocity

of prose

—p.87 One Thousand Years of Solitude (86) by George Steiner

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to walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition

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sclerotic, somnambular epilogue to its ancient ways

—p.88 One Thousand Years of Solitude (86) by George Steiner

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sclerotic, somnambular epilogue to its ancient ways

—p.88 One Thousand Years of Solitude (86) by George Steiner

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(noun) an exhibition of optical effects and illusions / (noun) a constantly shifting complex succession of things seen or imagined / (noun) a scene that constantly changes / (noun) a bizarre or fantastic combination, collection, or assemblage

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distant, phantasmagoric America

—p.89 One Thousand Years of Solitude (86) by George Steiner

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distant, phantasmagoric America

—p.89 One Thousand Years of Solitude (86) by George Steiner

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(noun) a person in charge of the sacristy (a room in a church where a priest prepares for a service, and where ceremonial equipment are kept)

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"[...] take part in the life of the spirit as vergers or sacristans"