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men⋅sa

  [men-suh]
–noun, plural -sas, -sae  [-see] for 1, genitive -sae for 2.
1. Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
2. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the Table, a southern constellation near Octans.
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Origin:
1685–95; < L mēnsa table
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Men⋅sa

  [men-suh]
–noun
an international fellowship organization for people with IQ's in the top 2 percent of the general population.
Origin:
< L mēnsa table, symbolizing the original conception of the society, “a round table where no one has precedence”

Related forms:
Mensan, noun
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men·sa   (měn'sə)   
n.   Ecclesiastical

  1. The top surface of an altar.

  2. Mensa A southern constellation between Hydrus and Volans.


[Latin mēnsa, table.]
Men·sa   (měn'sə)   
n.  A southern constellation between Hydrus and Volans.

[Latin mēnsa, table.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

mensa 
"altar top," 1848, from L., lit. "table," hence used in Church L. for "upper slab of an altar." With a capital M-, the name of an organization for people of IQs of 148 or more founded in England in 1946, the name chosen, according to the organization, to suggest a "round table" type group.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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