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Civilize
- verb - raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
Claimant
- noun - someone who claims a benefit or right or title; "claimants of unemployment compensation"; "he was a claimant to the throne"
Claiming
- verb -
- ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;
Cleistes
- noun - terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia
Cloister
- noun - a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"
- surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden"
- The Cloisters, also known as the Met Cloisters, is a museum in Fort Tryon Park in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City, specializing in European medieval art and architecture, with a focus on the Romanesque and Gothic periods.
Cobishop
- - A joint or coadjutant bishop.
Codiaeum
- noun - evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands
Codicils
- noun - a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will
Codified
- adjective - enacted by a legislative body; "statute law"; "codified written laws"
- organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"