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clerk of the scales
: an official who weighs jockeys and their gear before and after a horse race
cock of the rock
: a bird (Rupicola rupicola) of the family Cotingidae of northern South America the male being chiefly orange in color with a high disklike crest
cock of the wood
column of the fornix
: either of the anterior pillars of the fornix
commission of the peace
: a commission under the great seal constituting one or more persons justices of the peace
conservator of the peace
: an officer charged with maintaining the public peace or one having this power as an adjunct of another office
corpuscle of the spleen
: renal corpuscle
courtesy of the port
: the extension to a passenger returning from a foreign port of the privilege of immediate customs examination of his or her baggage
Court of the Constable and Marshal
: the English court of chivalry at the period when both the lord high constable and the earl marshal presided in it compare earl marshal's court
Court of the Lord Lyon
: lyon court
cross of the Resurrection
: a slender cross with a pennant at the junction of the bars
crown-of-the-field
nouncrown of the rose
: an English gold coin first struck by Henry VIII in 1526
cult of the dead
cycle of the sun
: a period of 28 years at the end of which the days of the month according to the Julian calendar return to the same days of the week
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