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interlude

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd

Definitions

  1. An intervening episode, etc.
  2. An entertainment between the acts of a play.
  3. A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.

Equivalents

Españolinterludio
Françaisinterlude
DeutschEinlageZwischenspiel
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Examples

“[O]ur ovvne Statutes […] preciſely prohibit the ſatyricall depraving, traducing, or derogation of the Common Prayer-Booke, and of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in any Enterludes, Playes or Rimes, (in vvhich kinde Playes had been formerly peccant) under ſevere penalties.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

interluder Interludes interluency interlunation interlune interlunium

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