recta

American

[rek-tuh] / ˈrɛk tə /

noun

a plural of rectum.

recta British

/ ˈrɛktə /

noun

a plural of rectum

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Well might the Chronicler observe, as the result, "novas secta illa in dies acquirebat vires."

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

With the advent of this enlightened procedure, the secta soon ceased to decide the case, and it may well be asked why it did not disappear and leave no traces.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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