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ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 75 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

ABSENCE (See also:
LAT
Lat. absentia) , the fact of being "away," either in See also:

BODY

body or mind; " absence of mind being a See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition in which the mind is withdrawn from .what is passing. The See also:

SPECIAL

special occasion See also:

roll-See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call at See also:

ETON

Eton See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College is called Absence," which the boys attend in their tall hats. A soldier must get permission or 'leave of absence before he can be away from his See also:

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment. Seven years' absence with no sign of See also:

LIFE

life either by See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter or See also:

MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message is held presumptive See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of See also:

DEATH

death in the See also:

law courts.

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