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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He was of Syrian extraction, but born at Nola, and ordained priest circ.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
A castle on a narrow ledge of rock above the River Célé, built by the Bastard of Albert, circ.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
It belongs to the later Weimar period, i.e. circ.
From Johann Sebastian Bach by Johann Nikolaus Forkel
St. Susanna of the Roman Calendar, who is dated circ.
From The Three Additions to Daniel, a Study by William Heaford Daubney
Byron sent four additional stanzas, viz. stanzas xxviii., xxxviii., xxxix., lxxx., to Murray circ.
From The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
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
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
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