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Exotery :: Exotery (n.) That which is obvious, public, or common..

Janitor :: "Janitor (n.) A door-keeper; a porter; one who has the care of a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc..

Functionary :: Functionary (n.) One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries..

Affray :: Affray (v. t.) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others..

Patent :: Patent (a.) Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter..

Notorious :: Notorious (a.) Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice..

Asiarch :: Asiarch (n.) One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites..

Commonable :: Commonable (a.) Allowed to pasture on public commons.

Blazon :: Blazon (n.) Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record..

Prelect :: Prelect (v. t.) To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse..

Oratory :: Oratory (n.) The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence.

Ridotto :: Ridotto (n.) A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, -- held generally on fast eves..

Fame :: Fame (n.) Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington..

Church :: Church (v. t.) To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women..

Saloon :: Saloon (n.) A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat..

Chaperon :: Chaperon (v. t.) To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize.

Hotel :: Hotel (n.) A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class..

Oration :: Oration (n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill..

Private :: Private (a.) Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life..

Esquire :: Esquire (v. t.) To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.

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