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EC

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An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.  Synonyms: Common Market, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union.



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"EC" Quotes from Famous Books



... be given to bring in a Bill, according to the prayer of the said petition, and that Mr. L[ec]h[me]re[6] do ...
— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D., Volume IX; • Jonathan Swift

... M^r. Beachamp returned an accounte of his moyety, that he made 400^li. starling of it, fraight and all charges paid. But M^r. Andrews, though he had y^e more and beter parte, yet he made not so much of his, through his owne indiscretion; and yet turned y^e loss[EC] upon them hear, but ...
— Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' • William Bradford

... of sanctity, of mana, appeared in the idea and notation of time. This has been shown by Hubert in his profound analysis of La representation du temps dans la religion et la magie (Progr. ec. des Hautes-Etudes), 1905 Melanges hist. des rel., Paris, 1909, ...
— The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism • Franz Cumont

... sensation, not Soul, produces material ec- 7:18 stasy and emotion. If spiritual sense always guided men, there would grow out of ecstatic mo- ments a higher experience and a better life 7:21 with more devout self-abnegation and purity. A self- satisfied ventilation of fervent sentiments never makes a Christian. ...
— Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures • Mary Baker Eddy

... in the sense of sacrifice is construed with abl. Virg. Ec. 3, 77. Quoqueeven. For its position in the ...
— Germania and Agricola • Caius Cornelius Tacitus

... lyuing: Dic mihi musa virum, I pray Muse and shew me the man, who ioynes with that euer zealous, reuerend, learned Deane in founding a Colledge for a Societie of writers against the superstitious Idolatries of the Romane Synagogue, the which happily might be like the [ec]Tower of Dauid, where the strong men of Israel might haue shieldes and targets to fight the Lords battaile: [ed]Is it time for your selues to dwell in your seiled houses, and this house ...
— An Exposition of the Last Psalme • John Boys

... singulare, with this letter: Messer Giorgio, amico caro, voi direte ben ch' io sie vecchio e pazzo a voler far sonetti; ma perche molti dicono ch' io son rimbambito, ho voluto far l'uficio mio, ec. A di 19 di settembre 1554. Vostro Michelagniolo ...
— Sonnets • Michael Angelo Buonarroti & Tommaso Campanella

... aa ba, but it also appears as ab cb, in which case it is a Kit'ah or fragment. The Murabba, tetrastichs or four fold-song, occurs once only in The Nights (vol.i. 98); it is a succession of double Bayts or of four lined stanzas rhyming aa bc dc ec: in strict form the first three hemistichs rhyme with one another only, independently of the rest of the poem, and the fourth with that of every other stanza, e.g., aa ab cb db. The Mukhammas, cinquains or pentastichs (Night cmlxiv.), represents ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10 • Richard F. Burton

... claims but a moderate degree of inspiration. Me quoque dicunt Vatem pastores: sed non ego credulus illis. Nam neque adhuc Vario videor nec dicere Cinna Digna, sed argutos inter strepere anser olores. Ec. ix. 33. ...
— A History of Roman Literature - From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius • Charles Thomas Cruttwell

... exception to the Abbe Sicard's rule. "La consonne N est l'expression naturelle du doute chez toutes les nations, par ce que le son que rend la touche nasale, quand l'homme incertain examine s'il fera ce qu'on lui demande; ainsi NE ON, NE OT, NE EC, NE IL, d'ou l'on a fait non, not, ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

... the Chronicle of the Doge Andrea Dandolo, who wrote about 1342; and Milion occurs at least once (besides the application of the term to Polo) in the History of Giovanni Villani; viz. when he speaks of the Treasury of Avignon:— "diciotto milioni di fiorini d'oro ec. che ogni milione e mille migliaja di fiorini d' oro la valuta." (xi. 20, Sec. 1; Ducange, and Vocab. Univ. Ital.). But the definition, thought necessary by Villani, in itself points to the use of the word as rare. Domilion ...
— The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa



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