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  • 121wanion — [wän′yən] n. [altered < ME waneand, N dial. prp. of wanien, to WANE: sense < notion of the waning of the moon as unlucky time] Archaic bad luck; curse; plague: used in with (or in) a wanion …

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  • 122unwaning — “+ adjective Etymology: un (I) + waning, present participle of wane : not diminishing : constant, perpetual the miracle of the unwaning oil in the temple Israel Zangwill …

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  • 123waney — adjective or wany nē (wanier ; waniest) Etymology: wane (II) + y 1. : waning or diminished in some parts 2. of sawed timber : cut so near the outside of the log that there is no square edge …

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  • 124wanion — ˈwänyən noun ( s) Etymology: from the obsolete phrase in the waniand unluckily, literally, in the waning (moon), from Middle English, from waniand, northern present participle of wanien to wane archaic …

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  • 125RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… …

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