artifice | (noun) a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) | Synonyms: ruse |
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benefice | (noun) an endowed church office giving income to its holder | Synonyms: ecclesiastical benefice |
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edifice | (noun) a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place | Synonyms: building |
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fice | (noun) a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog | Synonyms: feist |
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office | (noun) a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities | - |
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(noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: function, part, role |
(noun) a job in an organization | Synonyms: berth, place, position, post, situation |
(noun) place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed | Synonyms: business office |
(noun) professional or clerical workers in an office | Synonyms: office staff |
(noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency |
(noun) (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power | Synonyms: power |
orifice | (noun) an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity | Synonyms: opening, porta |
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sacrifice | (noun) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity | Synonyms: ritual killing |
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(noun) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. | Synonyms: forfeit, forfeiture |
(noun) (baseball) an out that advances the base runners | - |
(noun) personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) | - |
(noun) a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value | - |