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Presbyopia

upon advancing age It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens which produces difficulty of accommodation and recession of the near point of vision so that objects very near the eyes can not be seen distinctly

Recessional

Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal

Civil Law

civilized being; it embodies so much thought, reflection, experience, and labour; it leads us so far into the recesses of antiquity, and it has stood so long against the waves and weathers of time, that it is

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VerbarRincon

An interior corner a nook hence an angular recess or hollow bend in a mountain river cliff or the like

Semidome

A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess or one of nearly that shape as the apse of a church a niche or the like It

High Steward, Court of the Lord

right of his peerage. But in the Court of the Lord High Steward, which is held in the recess of Parliament, he is the sole judge of matters of law, as the lords triers are in matters

Niche

A cavity hollow or recess generally within the thickness of a wall for a statue bust or other erect ornament Hence any similar

Nook

A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies a corner a recess a secluded retreat

reliction

reliction [Latin relictio act of leaving behind, from relinquere to leave behind] 1 : the gradual recession of water leaving land permanently uncovered 2 : land uncovered by reliction compare accretion

grotto

A natural covered opening in the earth a cave also an artificial recess cave or cavernlike apartment

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