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Leonine
see synonyms of leonineAdjective
1. leonine
of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
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Leonine
see synonyms of leonineadjective
of, characteristic of, or resembling a lion
adjective
1.
connected with one of the popes called Leo
2. Leonine City
3.
of or relating to certain prayers in the Mass prescribed by Pope Leo XIII
noun
4. Also called: Leonine verse
a.
a type of medieval hexameter or elegiac verse having internal rhyme
b.
a type of English verse with internal rhyme
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Leonine
see synonyms of leonine adjective
of, characteristic of, or like a lion
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Leonine
see synonyms of leonineadj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lion.
2. Resembling or suggestive of a lion, as in being powerful or dignified.
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