the united kingdom

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the united kingdom - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  United \U*nit"ed\, a.
     Combined; joined; made one.
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     United Brethren. (Eccl.) See Moravian, n.
  
     United flowers (Bot.), flowers which have the stamens and
        pistils in the same flower.
  
     The United Kingdom, Great Britain and Ireland; -- so named
        since January 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went
        into operation.
  
     United Greeks (Eccl.), those members of the Greek Church
        who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; -- called also
        uniats.
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