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mensa

1

[ men-suh ]

noun

genitive: Mensaeplural: mensas mensae [men, -see]
  1. Also called altar slab,. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
  2. genitive Mensae (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the Table, a southern constellation near Octans.


Mensa

2

[ men-suh ]

noun

  1. an international fellowship organization for people with IQ's in the top 2 percent of the general population.

Mensa

1

/ ˈmɛnsə /

noun

  1. an international society, membership of which is restricted to people whose intelligence test scores exceed those expected of 98 per cent of the population
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Mensa

2

/ ˈmɛnsə /

noun

  1. a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Hydrus and Volans and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mensa1

First recorded in 1685–95; from Latin mēnsa “table”

Origin of mensa2

From the Latin word mēnsa table, symbolizing the original conception of the society, “a round table where no one has precedence”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mensa1

Latin, literally: the table
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Example Sentences

Match.com and Mensa have joined up, making it easier than ever to find fellow geniuses to date.

This track is so confusing and multi-layered, it would take a team of Mensa members with Ph.D.s in Ebonics to decode.

Curtis put up on his MySpace page a fake certificate proclaiming himself a member of Mensa, leaving Dutschke outraged.

Sometimes the recess is rectangular instead of arched, and is then called by De Rossi sepolcro a mensa, or table tomb.

At the end opposite the entrance is a large sepolcro a mensa, in front of which is a dais elevated two steps.

Would not the discomfort of meals eaten with a companion who could swallow nothing justify a divorce a mensa?

Pone omnibus scitule appositis, ac mensa largiter instructa edere ceperunt, omniaque ingurgitauerunt.

In the Tripartite (Stokes, p. 251), menister seems to mean the paten, and mias (quasi mensa) the altar-table.

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