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someone who conducts spirits or souls to the other world, as Hermes or Charon.

the system of ethics which holds that the basis of moral obligations lies in their relation to the production of happiness.

the philosophical doctrine that nothing exists or was made except for a determinate end; the doctrine of final causes; teleology.

any tree of the genus Liquidambar, as L. styraciflua, a large American tree, having star-shaped leaves and, in warm regions, exuding a fragrant yellowish balsamic liquid used in medicine; sweet gum.

coinciding; occupying the same place or position.

ambiguous; equivocal; susceptible of two meanings.

the doctrine or belief that the second coming of Christ will follow the millennium.

a joint, as at the shoulder, in which a convex end of one bone is socketed in a concavity of another; a ball-and-socket joint.

the upper part of the nave, transepts, and choir of a building, especially a church, perforated with a series of windows above the aisle roofs, and forming the chief source of light for the building.

a hot-headed person.