1a : a word or saying used by adherents of a party, sect, or belief and usually regarded by others as empty of real meaning the old shibboleths come rolling off their lips â Joseph Epsteinb : a widely held belief today this book publishing shibboleth is a myth â L. A. Woodc : truism, platitude some truth in the shibboleth that crime does not pay â ...
The noun interment and the verbinter (from which it is derived) are formal words that refer to the depositing of a dead body in the earthor in a tomb. The noun internment is derived from the verb intern, which refers to the confinement of enemy aliens, prisoners of war, etc.
Locus. Definition. noun, plural: loci. (general) A place, space or locality, especially a centre of an activity. (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition. (genetics) The location of a gene (or of a significant sequence) on a chromosome, as in genetic locus.(medicine) The site on the body where a pathogen enters. Supplement.efinition. noun, plural: loci. (general) A place, space or locality, especially a centre of an activity. (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.