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cause cé⋅lè⋅bre

  [kawz suh-leb-ruh, -leb; Fr. kohz sey-leb-ruh ]
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–noun, plural causes cé⋅lè⋅bres  [kawz suh-leb-ruhz, suh-lebz, kaw-ziz suh-leb-ruh, -leb; Fr. kohz sey-leb-ruh ] .
any controversy that attracts great public attention, as a celebrated legal case or trial.
Origin:
1755–65; < F: lit., famous case
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cause cé·lè·bre   (kôz' sə-lěb', kōz' sā-lěb'rə)   
n.   pl. causes cé·lè·bres (kôz' sə-lěb', kōz' sā-lěb'rə)

  1. An issue arousing widespread controversy or heated public debate.

  2. A celebrated legal case.


[French : cause, case + célèbre, celebrated.]
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