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V :: V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like Engli

Viceroyalty :: Viceroyalty (n.) The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy..

Wordbook :: Wordbook (n.) A collection of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon.

Officialty :: Officialty (n.) The charge, office, court, or jurisdiction of an official..

Blessing :: Blessing (v. t.) A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces..

Benedictionary :: Benedictionary (n.) A collected series of benedictions.

Inspectorship :: Inspectorship (n.) The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.

Earl Marshal :: Earl marshal () An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms..

Before :: Before (prep.) Under the cognizance or jurisdiction of.

Reproof :: Reproof (n.) Refutation; confutation; contradiction.

Self-contradiction :: Self-contradiction (n.) The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction..

Sachemdom :: Sachemdom (n.) The government or jurisdiction of a sachem.

Concurrence :: Concurrence (n.) A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts..

Lordship :: Lordship (n.) Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

Mal- :: Mal- () A prefix in composition denoting ill,or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice..

Steward :: Steward (n.) In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands..

Chapellany :: Chapellany (n.) A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

Pastorate :: Pastorate (n.) The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor..

Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white..

Curse :: Curse (v. t.) An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction..

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