Biblia Pauperum

[bib-lee-ah pou-pe-room, bib-lee-uh paw-per-uhm]

Bi·bli·a Pau·pe·rum

[bib-lee-ah pou-pe-room, bib-lee-uh paw-per-uhm]
noun
any of the picture books illustrating Biblical events and usually containing a short text, used chiefly in the Middle Ages for purposes of religious instruction.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin: literally, Bible of poor men
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Biblia Pauperum has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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