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• PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official.
  The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called a palace...
• Miss, n.: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• MAYONNAISE, n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• EULOGY, n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• JOSS-STICKS, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Telephone, n.: An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
  -- Ambrose Bierce...