Ankylosis

//ˌæn.kɪˈloʊ.sɪs//

"Ankylosis" in a Sentence (1 examples)

Yet in using the word democracy, one must plead for a distinction, or, better, a reversion, indicated by the curious anchylosis that, at a certain point in their maturity, usually sets in upon words newly put in use to express some august and large spiritual reality.

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