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| (noun) an expression of praise |
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| (noun) an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (adj form: canonical) |
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| (noun) a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change |
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| (noun) a mournful poem, esp one lamenting the dead (adj form: elegiac) |
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