august

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The average Kenyan Member of Parliament is unlikely to know why the National Assembly is generically referred to as the august House.

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  1. adjective Inspiring awe or admiration; majestic: the august presence of the monarch. See Synonyms at grand.
  2. adjective Venerable for reasons of age or high rank.

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  • The average Kenyan Member of Parliament is unlikely to know why the National Assembly is generically referred to as the august House. —  The Standard | Headlines
  • Since august, the RBA has slashed a total of 300 basis points, but the butchering probably won't stop there. —  FXstreet.com
  • IMO that will be the 285 when i buy in august, at least i really hope so —  News Tom's Hardware US
  • Torrent Above and Beyond Trance Around the world 230 08 22 2008 august is available for download in the Music category of our bit torrents web site. —  all torrents rss feed
  • Dog day's of august are here gentlemen and this team will slowly fade in the sunset with a worse record then last year. —  Blog updates
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illustrious ·  royal ·  majestic ·  gracious ·  holy ·  exalt ·  heavenly ·  aristocratic ·  honorable ·  saintly ·  lawful ·  beloved

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august:   August
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  1. Latin augustus; see aug- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French auguste = Spanish Portuguese Italian augusto, from Latin augustus, venerable, worthy of honor (assumed as a title by Octavius Cæsar and his successors), perhaps orig. ‘consecrated by augury,’ from augur, augur (cf. robust, from Latin robustus, from robur); but usually associated with augere, increase, extol: see auction.
  2. = French aouûter, ripen, = Spanish agostar, be parched, dial. plow land in August, pasture cattle on stubble in summer (see agostadero); from August, n.
 

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