the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Synonym
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; - so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority.
(2):
(n.) One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.
(3):
(n.) One of two or more words corresponding in meaning but of different languages; a heteronym.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Synonym'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/synonym.html. 1828.
