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township collapse: an administrative division of a county; "the town is responsible for snow removal"

letters collapse: the literary culture; "this book shows American letters at its best"; scholarly attainment; "he is a man of letters"

commune collapse: a body of people or families living together and sharing everything; the smallest administrative district of several European countries; communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature"; receive Communion, in the Catholic church

acolyte collapse: someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches

underprivileged collapse: lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society

history collapse: the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"; all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"; a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"; the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"; the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"

priest collapse: a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders; a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

borough collapse: an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament; one of the administrative divisions of a large city

soviet collapse: an elected governmental council in a Communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people; "Soviet leaders"

assembly collapse: the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly"; a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit; a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose

beadle collapse: a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services; United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)

county collapse: a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people"; the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road"

sheep collapse: woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat; a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; "his students followed him like sheep"; a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

remains collapse: any object that is left unused or still extant; "I threw out the remains of my dinner"

bench collapse: a long seat for more than one person; (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom; the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench"; the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively; exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show"; take out of a game; of players

memorial collapse: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events; a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority; a recognition of meritorious service

flock collapse: a group of birds; a group of sheep or goats; a church congregation guided by a pastor; move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"

region collapse: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"; a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"; the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"

city collapse: people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the city voted for Republicans in 1994"; a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city"; an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate"

penitentiary collapse: a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes; used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers; "penitentiary institutions"

government collapse: the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"; (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"; the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"

chamber collapse: a natural or artificial enclosed space; a room where a judge transacts business; an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy"; a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"; place in a chamber

canton collapse: a small administrative division of a country; divide into cantons, of a country

cabinet collapse: a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display; housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television; a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock; persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

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