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- noun Plural form of
germane .
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Examples
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Gerard says this _Pyrethrurn_ (Pellitory of Spain, or Pelletor) "is most singular for the surgeons of the hospitals to put into their unctions _contra Neapolitanum morbum_, and such other diseases that are cousin germanes thereunto."
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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He found at Soissons the bodies of two brethren germanes, martyrs, S. Crispin and Crispinian, and ordained a precious vessel to put them in.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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