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Worcester (oh) and dicast (iou)


Worcester (oh)



a city in west central England, famous for its china (=plates, cups etc made from baked clay) and for its cathedral

dicast (iou)



dicast noun. Also dikast. E19.
[Greek dikastes judge, juryman, from dikazein judge, from dike judgement.]
Greek History. Each of the 6000 citizens selected annually in ancient Athens to try cases in the courts.
dicasterion , = dicastery M17.
di'castery noun any of the courts in which the dicasts sat; the court or body of dicasts: M19.
di'castic adjective of or pertaining to a dicast or dicasts M19.