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Scarlet Woman

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Some controversial Protestants apply the words to the Church of Rome, and some Romanists, with equal “good taste,” apply them to London. The Book of Revelation says, “It is that great city which reigneth over the kings of the earth,” and terms the cityBabylon” (chap. xvii.).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Scantling
Scapegoat
Scaphism
Scapin
Scaramouch
Scarborough Dress (A)
Scarborough Warning
Scarlet
Scarlet (Will)
Scarlet Coat
Scarlet Woman
Scavenger’s Daughter
Sceatta
Scene Painters
Scene Plot
Scent
Sceptic (Greek)
Sceptre
Scheherazade [She-he-ra-zay-de]
Scheltrum
Scheme