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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The church mentioned by Bede was superseded by the monastery of St. Alban, the foundation of which is attributed to Offa, circ.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
Newstead from a Picture by Peter Tilleman, circ.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
In Germany an adaptation by Arthur Fitger was performed nineteen times by the "Meiningers," circ.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
He was of Syrian extraction, but born at Nola, and ordained priest circ.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
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
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
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
Charles Martel of France, ‘The Hammer’ circ. 689-741 A.D.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
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