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erection

[ih-rek-shuhn] / ɪˈrɛk ʃən /










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The piece’s 10 sections, weighing about 4,500 pounds each, will be trucked to Lincoln this week and assembled by Davis Erection.

From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2016

Erection of anti-missile defenses around Moscow has been resumed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Erection of the Ears.—This movement requires hardly any notice.

From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Darwin, Charles

At the time of the Reformation in Scotland, the lands of the Church were parcelled out by the crown into various lordships—the grantees being called Lords of Erection.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

Great Pyramid alleged to be a Superhuman, and more or less an Inspired Metrological Erection.

From Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 by Stuart, John




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