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noun
- A form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
- (in role-playing games) Magical power.
- Alternative spelling of manna
noun ( plural: maniples)
- (rare) A handful.
- A division of the Roman army numbering 60 or 120 men exclusive of officers, any small body of soldiers; a company.
- Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and sometimes worn in the English Church service.
noun
- In ancient Greece, a resident alien who did not have citizen rights and who paid a tax for the right to live there.
noun ( es, pl2=metropoleis)
- Any large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.
- (obsolete) The see of a metropolitan bishop.
- The chief city of a colony, especially in Ancient Greece.
noun
- In Eastern Orthodoxy, a bishop empowered to oversee other bishops, an archbishop. Their demesne is an Archeparchy.
- the inhabitant of a metropolis
adjective
- urban
noun
- A nickname for China.
noun
- A member of an ancient northern Arabian people
noun
- A native or inhabitant of Mycenae.
- Mycenaean Greek.
adjective
- Of or relating to ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants.
- Of or relating to the Mycenaean civilization, the early Greek civilization that spread its influence from Mycenae to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Central Europe from about 2800 to 1100 B.C.E., divided into three periods: Early Helladic (c. 2800"2000 B.C.E), Middle Helladic (c. 2000"1500 B.C.E), and Late Helladic (c. 1500"1100
B.C.E)
- Of or relating to the Ancient Greek dialect written in the Linear B syllabary.
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