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catholicon

/kuh-thol-i-kuhn/US // kəˈθɒl ɪ kən //UK // (kəˈθɒlɪkən) //

教会,教会的人,教友会,教会的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a universal remedy; panacea.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmedicament
as incure

Examples

  • Item satelles dicitur quia adheret alteri ad eius custodiam, Catholicon.

  • In 1407 there was a collection of fifty service books, and a Catholicon, the latter being perhaps the nucleus of a library.

  • The Professor then entreated M. T. Pate to imbibe from the bottle containing his catholicon.

  • The remedy itself was painful, but he said, "When this grand catholicon fails, it is all over with me."

  • I soon saw the Catholicon of Spain (Spanish gold) was the chief ingredient.