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The laity; secular people. [Obs.] Abp. Abbot.

Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages. Teutonic languages, a group of languages forming a division of the Indo-European, or Aryan, family, and embracing the High German, Low German, Gothic, and Scandinavian dialects and languages. -- Teutonic order, a military reli…

ices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund.

r crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring. The people were gathered thick together. Luke xi. 29. Black was the forest; thick with beech it stood. Dryden.

To become thick. "Thy luster thickens when he shines by." Shak. The press of people thickens to the court. Dryden. The combat thickens, like the storm that flies. Dryden.

forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin. Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people. Addison.

perience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink. The people thirsted there for water. Ex. xvii. 3.

Of or pertaining to Thrace, or its people. -- n.

Accustomed to wearing three-pile; hence, of high rank, or wealth. [Obs.] "Three-piled people." Beau. & Fl.

To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. Much people followed him, and thronged him. Mark v. 24.

Of or pertaining to Thuringia, a country in Germany, or its people. -- n.

, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.

vices. ticker tape parade A parade to honor a person, held in New York City, during which people in the tall buildings of Manhattan throw large quantities of paper, confetti, paper ribbons, or the like onto the parading group. The name comes form the ticker tape originally thrown onto the parade when it passed stockbro…

The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton. Byron. If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish. Thackeray. Bon ton. See in the Vocabulary.

A people having a distinct language. A will gather all nations and tongues. Isa. lxvi. 18.

A native or inhabitant of Turin; collectively, the people of Turin.

That which gives pain, vexation, or misery. They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. Matt. iv. 24.

A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town.

elonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc.

The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.