- (n.) Permutation.
- (n.) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
- (n.) The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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