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Ren

//ɹɛn// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of Renaissance. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, in-compounds, informal
Noun
  1. 1
    A kidney.

    "Having treated laſt of the expulſion of the inteſtinal fæces, we come next to conſider thoſe organs, which ſeparate and throw off another principal excrementitious matter, to wit, urine. The firſt of which is the renes or kidneys."

  2. 2
    One’s name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology. Egyptian

    "For the Ren did not belong to the man, but came out of the Celestial Waters to enter an infant in the hour of his birth and might not stir again until it was time to go back."

  3. 3
    Initialism of ringer equivalence number. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin rēn. Doublet of rein (“kidney”).

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Egyptian rn, r:n-A2

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