sectiuncule

[Jonathan Lighter]

Sorry for typos.

"Sectiuncule," with a "u," wasn't one of them.

JL

On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> OED says "rare: 1838" (a single cite from a letter of Gladstone's).
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> 2012 Kate McLoughlin _Authoring War_ (Cambridge: C.U.P.) 54: Like other
> military sectiuncules, such as the platoon in ...-The Naked amd the Dead._
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