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hecatomb

"Peace be with him and his hecatomb of twenty thousand men"
Attributed to Florence Nightingale upon being told of the death of Lord Raglan

Hecatomb (heck-ah-tome) from the Greek "hekaton" meaning 100 and a practice of the Greeks in sacrificing 100 cattle at the death of very important people. By extension any great or magnificent sacrifice.

Were any of you aware that Charles Darwin and Florence Nightingale were very close friends?

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Oxsan is starting a catena of vocabulary posts. Cool.

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I don't think you can say "c*tena" in here.
Please try to follow the rules, nymbus.

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