Situs

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Position, especially normal or original position, as of a body organ or part.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The position, especially the usual, normal position, of a body part or part of a plant.
  • n. The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged.
  • n. The location of a property as used for taxation or other legal purposes.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged; also, the position of the parts.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Situation; site.
  • n. In biol., archæol., etc., the proper or original site, place, position, or location of a part or organ, or of any other thing: chiefly in the phrase in situ, in place—that is, not disturbed or disarranged by dissection, excavation, or other process of examination.
  • n. In law, situation in contemplation of law; locality, actual or recognized.
  • Word Usage
    "Mr. Lasch sneers at "jargon" but is obviously unaware that the term situs is a transposition of Max Weber's notion of Stände, and denotes the vertical differentiation of a society as against stratum, which is a horizontal differentiation."
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