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Greek

791. asteios -- of the town, by impl. courteous, elegant
... courteous, elegant. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: asteios Phonetic
Spelling: (as-ti'-os) Short Definition: elegant, pretty, fair, fine, beautiful ...
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Library

Neat and Elegant Banff
... Chapter 17. Wesley Arrested; A Terrible Ride; A Methodist Isaac Newton;
Wesley and the American War Neat and Elegant Banff. Banff ...
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The Elegant Works of Irenæus which have Come Down to Us.
... Book V. Chapter XXVI."The Elegant Works of Irenæus which have come down
to us. Besides the works and letters of Irenæus which ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xxvi the elegant works of.htm

Faustus was Indeed an Elegant Speaker, but Knew Nothing of the ...
... Book V. Chapter VI."Faustus Was Indeed an Elegant Speaker, But Knew Nothing
of the Liberal Sciences. 10. And for nearly the whole ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter vi faustus was indeed an.htm

The City of the "Elegant Gate"[*]
... III. THE CITY OF THE "ELEGANT GATE"[*]. [Footnote *: the meaning of the two
Chinese characters composing the name Amoy.] In a letter ...
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Deluded by an Insane Love, He, Though Foul and Dishonourable ...
... Book III. Chapter I."Deluded by an Insane Love, He, Though Foul and
Dishonourable, Desires to Be Thought Elegant and Urbane. 1 ...
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That Philosophical Discourses, However, Distinguished by Orderly ...
... Chapter LXVIII. That philosophical discourses, however, distinguished by orderly
arrangement and elegant expression� That philosophical ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxviii that philosophical discourses.htm

It is the Same in the Case of Girls. ...
... Would you go back to the elegant early Victorian female, with ringlets and
smelling-bottle, doing a little in water colors, dabbling a little in Italian ...
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What Nonsense is this Out of which they Fabricate a Charge against ...
... that, even after you have heard the true story from me, another who does not know
it may declare that it is made up, and composed in elegant language by you ...
/.../20 what nonsense is this.htm

Chapter twenty-nine
... Clarence Penrose was one of the most elegant looking men in Chicago. He came from
an aristocratic family of great wealth and social distinction. ...
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The Publisher Has Pleasure in Submitting the Following Extracts ...
... issued by Mr Nichol is remarkable even in this age of cheap literature, and will
go far to supply what has been long needed,"an accurate, elegant, and cheap ...
/.../young/youngs night thoughts/the publisher has pleasure in.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure.

2. (a.) Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.

Thesaurus

Elegant (2 Occurrences)
... and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful;
tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of ...
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Eleloheisrael (1 Occurrence)

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Vase (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial
uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament ...
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Urbane (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. URBANE. ur'-ban, -ban'. See URBANUS. ...
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Lily (9 Occurrences)
... Testaments, denotes liliaceous plants in general, or if one genus is to be selected,
that it must be the genus Iris, which is "large, vigorous, elegant in form ...
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Graceful (6 Occurrences)
... (a.) Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in
appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech. ...
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Inexhaustible (2 Occurrences)
... or used up; as an inexhaustible supply; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as,
inexhaustible stores of provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words. ...
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Fine (184 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity;
excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. ...
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Fir (22 Occurrences)
... (n.) A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape,
some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. ...
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Tasty (7 Occurrences)
... See Taste. 2. (n.) Being in conformity to the principles of good taste; elegant;
as, tasty furniture; a tasty dress. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Bible Concordance

Elegant (2 Occurrences)

Luke 23:11 Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 23:41 and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Elegant

Related Terms

Eleloheisrael (1 Occurrence)

Vase (3 Occurrences)

Urbane (1 Occurrence)

Lily (9 Occurrences)

Graceful (6 Occurrences)