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Agon :: Agon (n.) A contest for a prize at the public games.

Center :: Center (n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left..

Agonothete :: Agonothete (n.) An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.

Congression :: Congression (n.) A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse..

Poorhouse :: Poorhouse (n.) A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.

Extant :: Extant (a.) Publicly known; conspicuous.

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators..

Dedication :: Dedication (n.) A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use..

Fundholder :: Fundholder (a.) One who has money invested in the public funds.

Editor :: Editor (n.) One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication..

Landamman :: Landamman (n.) The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.

Versicle :: Versicle (n.) A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the people..

Reader :: Reader (n.) One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.

Nolle Prosequi :: Nolle prosequi () Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants..

Sport :: Sport (v. t.) To exhibit, or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage..

Republic :: Republic (a.) Common weal.

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

Information :: Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment..

House :: House (n.) A public house; an inn; a hotel.

Highwayman :: Highwayman (n.) One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.

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