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REMNANT

\ɹˈɛmnənt], \ɹˈɛmnənt], \ɹ_ˈɛ_m_n_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of REMNANT

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue.
A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.
An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue.
A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.
An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

That which is left after a part has been removed; remainder.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Remainder; residue.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

That which remains; a small remainder.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [French] Residue; remainder; what remains after a part is removed, performed, &c.;-hence, a small portion a slight trace; a fragment.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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