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"ref": "1832, Caroline Wilson, The Listener",
"text": "He would have learned , by the whole tenor of the divine law , and especially by the example of the absent Lord , whose property he was for a season trusted with , that he was to do as much good to humanity , and win as much glory to God, as was compatible with the measure of his trust, and for the time for which he might retain it.",
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"sense": "(archaic) musical part or section",
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"sense": "musical range",
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"sense": "musical range",
"word": "ტენორი"
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"ref": "2009, Richard Smith, Can't You Hear Me Calling: The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass, Da Capo Press",
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"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2012, Lily George, Captain of Her Heart, Harlequin, page 173",
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"ref": "2015, Michael J. Senger Sr., The Connection, Lulu Press, Inc",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the tenor part or range",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of or pertaining to the tenor part or range",
"word": "tenor"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the tenor part or range",
"word": "nam cao"
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"Tenor (disambiguation)"
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