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Word Meanings - RETREATMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. D'Urfey.

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  • SPECIFICALLY
    In a specific manner.
  • RETREATFUL
    Furnishing or serving as a retreat. "Our retreatful flood." Chapman.
  • RETREATMENT
    The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. D'Urfey.
  • HEGIRA
    The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed. Note: The starting point of the Era was made to begin, not from the date of the flight, but from the first day of the Arabic
  • RETREAT
    retrahere; pref. re- re- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. 1. The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable. In a retreat he oShak. 2. The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy

 

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