[Fictionary] Fwd: OCTROI ballot

[J-J Cote]

I said votes were due by the end of today, but as is customary, I'll give
you another day of extension, so, but the end of tomorrow (Monday). I
already have votes from Jim, Nicolas, Eric, David, Fran, Josh, Ranjit, and
Pierre.

Jean-Joseph

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From: J-J Cote <marydevinechandler at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Subject: OCTROI ballot
To: fictionary group <fictionary at swarpa.net>


Here are a bunch of fanciful definitions for OCTROI, and one real one
(hint: it's a noun). As usual, let me know your best guess and second-best
guess as to the one that rings true, as well.as any comments you might want
to add. Votes due by the end of Sunday, February 25. Replies can come to me
at this address.

Jean-Joseph
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octroi - n. - A monarch of one of the eight states that result from the
breakup of a kingdom.

octroi - n. - The prince governors of the eight "Silver Cities" of Anatolia
in the Seleucid Empire.

octroi - n. - The set of eight caretakers assigned to provide all-hours
vigilance at a small temple or shrine for a local deity.

octroi - n. - A ring of small filaments surrounding the mouth, used by many
bony fishes to find prey by detecting underwater vibrations and electrical
fields.

octroi - n. - A large, ornate eight-spoked wheel design featuring the
owner's coat of arms. Popular on the coronation coaches of late 18th
century European monarchs.

octroi - n. - In the Scottish Rite, the seven member sovereign council of a
Lodge of the Northern Jurisdiction. (Note: the council consisted of eight
members until the reforms of 1879.)

octroi - n. - (from oc troi, "against Troy") 1) A smuggler of arms to the
Greek rebels during the Greek Wars of Independence. 2) A young man given to
vain boasting. 3) A pretentious poet.

octroi - n. - An order of men at Athens, in the time of Pericles, who had
been proved by their mutual testimony to have ascended the Nile past the
Seventh Cataract to its source in the eternal ice of the Equatorial
mountains.

octroi - n. - 1) A concession or privilege granted by an absolute sovereign
and serving as a limitation on his authority. 2) a: A tax on commodities
brought into a town or city especially in certain European countries, a
municipal customs. b: The agency for collecting such a tax or the city
entrance at which it is collected.

Octroi - n. - The ruling council of the islands of the northern Aegean Sea,
during at least the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE); no remaining records
identify the full extent of its rule, but the name leads scholars to
conclude that it controlled at least the eight largest islands (Lesbos,
Chios (aka Scio), Lemnos, Samos, Thasos, Imbros (today Gökçeada), Icaria,
and Samothrace) of the region..
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joke definition: Octroi, proper noun. The eighth Deanna clone created by
Thomas Riker trying to recreate the transporter accident that created him.
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