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C.

noun, prep, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of chapter or chapters. abbreviation, alt-of

    "By the statute 1 and 2 Phil. and Mary c. 12 (1554), no distress of cattle can be driven out of the hundred where taken unless to a pound within 3 miles of the place of seizure. Where cattle are impounded the impounder is bound to supply them with sufficient food and water (12 and 13 Vict. c. 92, and 17 and 18 Vict. c. 60)…"

  2. 2
    Century.

    "Fig. 2: a 13 ᵗʰ C. illumination of ‘H’"

  3. 3
    Abbreviation of code. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of chancellor. abbreviation, alt-of
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of city. abbreviation, alt-of
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  1. 6
    Abbreviation of cancer. abbreviation, alt-of, informal
  2. 7
    Abbreviation of cent or cents. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 8
    Abbreviation of century. abbreviation, alt-of

    "17th c."

  4. 9
    Abbreviation of cell phone. abbreviation, alt-of
  5. 10
    Abbreviation of copyright. abbreviation, alt-of

    "Published: 1913, c.1909"

Preposition
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of circa. abbreviation, alt-of

    "The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250."

Etymology

Etymology 1

In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”).

Etymology 2

In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”).

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