reliquary
(en)
(noun) a container or shrine in which sacred relics are kept
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liminal
(en)
ambiguous; occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold
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A frontier has two sides. It is an interface, a threshold, a liminal site, with all the danger and promise of liminality.
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A frontier has two sides. It is an interface, a threshold, a liminal site, with all the danger and promise of liminality.
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syncopated
(en)
(adjective) cut short; abbreviated / (adjective) marked by or exhibiting syncopation
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in their counterpoint and syncopation and union, they make the rhyhtm of that novel
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in their counterpoint and syncopation and union, they make the rhyhtm of that novel
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ballast
(en)
(noun) material that is used to provide stability to a vehicle or structure; (verb) to steady or equip with or as if with ballast
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his imagination has no ethical ballast at all
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his imagination has no ethical ballast at all
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perforce
(en)
(adverb) by physical coercion / (adverb) by force of circumstances
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Many older people, by choice or perforce, have no contact with children at all
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Many older people, by choice or perforce, have no contact with children at all
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