Definition of pali

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Pali (n.) A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc..

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Palish :: Palish (a.) Somewhat pale or wan.
Prakrit :: Prakrit (n.) Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; -- in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects..
Revenue :: Revenue (n.) The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use..
Papalize :: Papalize (v. i.) To conform to popery.
Pali :: Pali (n.) A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc..
Palingenesy :: Palingenesy (n.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc..
Palinurus :: Palinurus (n.) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass.
Palindrome :: Palindrome (n.) A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel..
Train :: Train (v. t.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees..
Pale :: Pale (n.) That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
Paled :: Paled (a.) Inclosed with a paling.
Palindromical :: Palindromical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a palindrome..
Lobster :: Lobster (n.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters..
Papalize :: Papalize (v. t.) To make papal.
Pali :: Pali (pl. ) of Palu.
Paliform :: Paliform (a.) Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals..
Principality :: Principality (n.) Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station..
Churchman :: Churchman (n.) An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England..
Treillage :: Treillage (n.) Latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis..
Opaline :: Opaline (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; having changeable colors like those of the opal..
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