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 Cedar.Cee’lict (St.) 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cedilla.
 
The mark (,) under a French sibilant c. This mark is the letter z, and the word is from the Italian zediglia (“zeticula,” a little z. (Greek, zta; Spanish, ceda, with a diminutive.)   1
 


 Cedar.Cee’lict (St.) 

 
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