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adv
Positioned in a way that suggests the shape of a table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adv
Oriented like the communion table, with the ends east and west, as opposed to altarwise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: Christianity
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History
From Middle English tabylwyse, equivalent to table + -wise.
