pluvial

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pluvial - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pluvial \Plu"vi*al\, n. [LL. pluviale a garment which keeps off
     the rain: cf. F. pluvial.]
     A priest's cope.
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  Pluvial \Plu"vi*al\, a. [L. pluvialis, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F.
     pluvial. See Plover.]
     1. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy. [R.]
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     2. (Geol.) Produced by the action of rain.
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