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LEVEE

a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed

The meaning of the word levee is a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed.

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tangiblecapable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable
continencethe ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily
plightto put or give in pledge : engage
supinelying on the back or with the face upward
cloistera monastic establishment
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