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 Adiaph’orists.Adis’sechen. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Adieu,
 
good-b’ye. A Dieu, an elliptical form for I commend you to God. Good-b’ye is God be with ye.   1
 


 Adiaph’orists.Adis’sechen. 

 
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