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how many angels can stand (dance) on the head of a pin?
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how many angels can stand (dance) on the head of a pin? definition
Scornful description of a tedious concern with irrelevant details; an allusion to religious controversies in the middle ages. In fact, the medieval argument was over how many angels could stand on the point of a pin.
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How many angels can stand (dance) on the head of a pin?
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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