circ
noun
circ
1 American
[surk]
/ sɜrk /
noun
circ.
2
American
abbreviation
circ.
3
American
abbreviation
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circuit.
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circular.
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circulation.
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circumference.
Etymology
Origin of circ.
From the Latin word circā, circiter, circum
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Dom.—for instance, as to John O'Molony, Bishop of Killaloe, who died circ.
From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 by
The dedication must have been subsequent to St. Martin's death, circ.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
The name means "Strong," and derives from one Tamim bin Murr of the race of Adnan, nat. circ.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
It was closed for a short time, circ.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
The date of the play I take to be circ.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
The date of St. Cecilia is very uncertain; Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers, says that she died circ. 176-180 a.d., but another account places her martyrdom as late as the time of Diocletian.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
Charles Martel of France, ‘The Hammer’ circ. 689-741 A.D.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
Again, the woman of circ. 1449-1452 is not a younger sister of Jeanne, who in 1429 had no sister living, though one, Catherine, whom she dearly loved, was dead.
From The Valet's tragedy, and other studies by Andrew Lang
The Histories of Tacitus were published circ. 106-107; cf.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
Music from J. Playford, 1650 circ., but may be older.
From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Edward W. (Edward Woodall) Naylor
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