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Dictionary definition: kursaal

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kursaal public building for the use of visitors at a health resort. ...

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Dictionary definition: scour
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology;      296 words ... ... escurer (mod. écurer clean, scour) :- late L. excūrāre (medL. (e)scūrāre ), f. L. EX-1 + cūrāre take care of, medL. clean, f. cūra CURE .

Dictionary definition: curate
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology;      265 words ...curate (arch.) one having the cure of souls XIV; assistant to a parish priest XVI. — medL. cūrātus , f. cūra CURE ; see -ATE 1. Hence curacy XVII.

 
 
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