mensa
Also called altar slab, altar stone . the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
genitive Men·sae.(initial capital letter)Astronomy. the Table, a southern constellation near Octans.
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an international fellowship organization for people with IQ's in the top 2 percent of the general population.
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- Mensan, noun
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Match.com and mensa have joined up, making it easier than ever to find fellow geniuses to date.
This track is so confusing and multi-layered, it would take a team of mensa members with Ph.D.s in Ebonics to decode.
Miley Cyrus’s Craziest Lyrics From ‘Bangerz,’ Analyzed | Amy Zimmerman | October 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCurtis put up on his MySpace page a fake certificate proclaiming himself a member of mensa, leaving Dutschke outraged.
Sometimes the recess is rectangular instead of arched, and is then called by De Rossi sepolcro a mensa, or table tomb.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowAt the end opposite the entrance is a large sepolcro a mensa, in front of which is a dais elevated two steps.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
Would not the discomfort of meals eaten with a companion who could swallow nothing justify a divorce a mensa?
Somehow Good | William de MorganPone omnibus scitule appositis, ac mensa largiter instructa edere ceperunt, omniaque ingurgitauerunt.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) | Geoffrey ChaucerIn the Tripartite (Stokes, p. 251), menister seems to mean the paten, and mias (quasi mensa) the altar-table.
Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum | John Healy
British Dictionary definitions for Mensa (1 of 2)
/ (ˈmɛnsə) /
a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Hydrus and Volans and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
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1British Dictionary definitions for Mensa (2 of 2)
/ (ˈmɛnsə) /
an international society, membership of which is restricted to people whose intelligence test scores exceed those expected of 98 per cent of the population
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