TIME TO VOTE -- Round 3615 -- GRIGORI

[Chowie]

Here you have a delightful selection to choose your favorite 2 definitions for the word "grigori." The deadline will be January 20th at 9 am Tuesday morning, or before if everyone has voted who has submitted a definition. Please vote as soon as possible and don't look anything up! 

Best wishes! 

1. Lay assistants to cardinals while they reside in the Vatican.

2. A watchman’s drill to ward off drowsiness.

3. Watchful

4. Pasta in the form of little peaked hats filled with a savory mixture.

5. A light open horse-drawn carriage for one person, with two or four wheels.

6. A pretender to a throne (after the character in Pushkin's play Boris Godunov)

7. N. A sociable man. From the adj. "gregarious."

8. A local leader or mayor; originally the title of officials in the Ligurian Republic.

9. A fraudulent faith healer who exploits the vulnerable.

10. A species of deep-sea octopus (Octopus grigorius) discovered in 2019 near hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. Named after the octopus character in Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow.

11. A charm or amulet which can bring either good or bad luck dependent upon how you give it. To pass it on openly brings evil but to pass it on secretly can bring beneficial results to both giver and recipient.

12. Ballet. The name in the Vaganova method for the grand jeté.

13. Thin metal tabs used to align rail joints before bolting.

14. A style of lettering in medieval manuscripts.

15. The Grigori Calendar, also known as the Coptic Calendar, is the calendar used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Based on the ancient Egyptian calendar, it has 12 months of 30 days each and a short intercalary month of 5 days, or 6 days in a leap year.

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~Bending under the weight of His mercies~

"For we cannot do anything against the truth, 

but only for the truth." 

II Corinthians 13:8

[Judy Madnick]

I'll reward the authors of these definitions for no good reason at all!

1. Lay assistants to cardinals while they reside in the Vatican

 

and

4. Pasta in the form of little peaked hats filled with a savory mixture. 

 

Judy Madnick

[hugo]

I'll try my luck with 1 and 14

Hugo

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Van: Chowie <chow...@gmail.com>

Datum: 19-01-2026 00:26 (GMT+01:00)

Aan: Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com>

Onderwerp: [Dixonary] TIME TO VOTE -- Round 3615 -- GRIGORI

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[Daniel B. Widdis]

I'll go with the peaked hats: 1 and 4.

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[Shani Naylor]

#4 sounds cute, and I'll pair it with #6.

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[Paul Keating]

I'll take the two I disbelieve the least. 5 and 9.

[John Barrs]

Debbie,

a) I withdraw my DQ as the expected definition isn't among the offerings

b) so I therefore vote  = for #8 and #13

JohnnyB

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[Tim Bourne]

12 and 14, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Tim Lodge]

1 and 3 for me, please.

           1. Lay assistants to cardinals while they reside in the Vatican.

            3. Watchful

--  Tim L

[Gail Terman]

6 and 14 please! 

(Popping back in after a while away)

Gail Terman (she/they)
Please excuse any typos as this message was sent from my phone

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[Paul Keating]

Welcome back!

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[Tony Abell]

I'll guess 1 and 13:

> 1. Lay assistants to cardinals while they reside in the Vatican.

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'm going to go with 5 and 14.

--Mike

[Efrem Mallach]

I doubt staring at these any longer will lead to better inspiration. 1 and 12, please. 

Efrem

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On Jan 18, 2026, at 6:25 PM, Chowie <chow...@gmail.com> wrote:

Here you have a delightful selection to choose your favorite 2 definitions for the word "grigori." The deadline will be January 20th at 9 am Tuesday morning, or before if everyone has voted who has submitted a definition. Please vote as soon as possible and don't look anything up! 

Best wishes! 

1. Lay assistants to cardinals while they reside in the Vatican.

[Glenn Thomas Davis]

Let's go with 2 and 3.

—Glenn

. . .

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

—Plutarch

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[nancygoat]

I'll have 1 and 8.

Nancy