Centaurdom

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The world or realm of centaurs. uncountable

    "Labelled 'the most famous and wisest of all the centaurs' by one commentator, Chiron represented the acceptable face of centaurdom."

  2. 2
    The condition of being, or resembling, a centaur. uncountable

    "Byron, who mocked the institution of the haremlik in Don Juan, saw little to distinguish the horrors of Muslim treatment of women from those of the Christian moral centaurdom of marriage."

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"Labelled 'the most famous and wisest of all the centaurs' by one commentator, Chiron represented the acceptable face of centaurdom."

Etymology

From centaur + -dom.

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