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CONTORNIATE

\kəntˈɔːnɪˌe͡ɪt], \kəntˈɔːnɪˌe‍ɪt], \k_ə_n_t_ˈɔː_n_ɪ__ˌeɪ_t]\

Definitions of CONTORNIATE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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Alt. of Contorniate
A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

kon-tor'ni-[=a]t, n. a coin or medal with a deep groove round the disc.--adj. having this.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

(Medal) with deep furrow round disk within edge. [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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