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▸ noun: Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.
▸ noun: (obsolete in general sense) A large contiguous landmass as opposed to its islands, peninsulas, and so forth; mainland. Also specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa: see the Continent.
▸ noun: (figurative) A large connected expanse of something in general.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Any continuous tract or area of land; country, connected region.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Land (as opposed to the water), dry land.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The body or mass of a celestial body such as the sun or moon.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Container, vessel, something that holds or contains something else.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Space, capacity.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The principal or essential points of something viewed collectively: sum, summary, substance.
▸ adjective: Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one’s bodily needs or passions, especially sex.
▸ adjective: Having voluntary control over one’s urination or defecation.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Not interrupted; connected; continuous, whether in time or space.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Containing or capable of containing.
▸ noun: (obsolete) The Old World.
▸ noun: Synonym of Europe (including Britain)
▸ noun: (UK, Ireland) Mainland Europe, as seen from the British Isles.
▸ noun: An Encratite.
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chaste,
celibate,
country,
world,
landmass,
globe,
subcontinent,
hemisphere,
nation,
continental,
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