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Acts

noun plural but singular in construction \ˈakts\

Definition of ACTS

:  a book in the New Testament narrating the beginnings of the Christian church —called also Acts of the Apostles — see bible table
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First Known Use of ACTS

1539

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23 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Acts
  2. act
  3. Acts of the Apostles
  4. act of adjournal
  5. act of God
  6. act out
  7. act up
  8. balancing act
  9. corrupt practices act
  10. dumb act
  11. general act
  12. hovering act
  13. judicial act
  14. juristic act
  15. local law
  16. psychological act
  17. public act
  18. revenue act
  19. riot act
  20. sex act
  21. simultaneous death act
  22. special act
  23. unnatural act
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