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noun • liquid that is spilled • a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction • the act of allowing a fluid to escape • a sudden drop from an upright position verb • cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container • flow, run or fall out and become lost • cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over • pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities • reveal information • reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) | ||||||||
| 29% | 6 | A time of lighting candles in anticipation | ||||||
noun • arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) • the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas • (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment | ||||||||
| 29% | 9 | Symbolizes the lighting of candles to represent Christ as the light of the world | ||||||
noun • feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland | ||||||||
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