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Thompson Chain Reference
• Plainness of Speech
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American Church Dictionary
• Plain Song
American Tract Society
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• Esdraelon, Plain of
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Plain of Mamre
• Plain
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Zaanaim, Plain of
• Vineyards, Plain of
• Plains
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Shinar, Plain of
• Sharon, Plain of
• Sea of the Plain
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Plain, Cities of the
• Plain
• Pillar, Plain of the
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King James Dictionary
• Plainness
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Moreh, Plain of
• Jericho, Plains of
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Plain Chant
• Chant, Plain
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Vineyards Plain of The
• Tabor The Plain of
• Plains
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Plain, Plainly, Plainness
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Flood Plain
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Asochis, Plain of
• Cities of the Plain; Ciccar
• Esdraelon, Plain of
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Esdraelon Plain of
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Bectileth, the Plain of
• Moab, Plains of
• Nasor, the Plain of
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Abraham, the Plains of
• Cities of the Plain
• Plain, the
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Plain Chant
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• ܚܽܘܪܒ݁ܳܐ
• ܦ݁ܩܰܥܬ݂ܳܐ
• ܦ݁ܫܺܝܩܳܐ
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• ὀρθῶς
• πεδινός
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• אָבֵל
• אָבֵל כְּרָמִים
• אֵלוֹן
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(1):

(superl.) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.

(2):

(v.) To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.

(3):

(superl.) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.

(4):

(adv.) In a plain manner; plainly.

(5):

(superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.

(6):

(superl.) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.

(7):

(superl.) Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.

(8):

(superl.) Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.

(9):

(superl.) Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.

(10):

(v. t.) To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.

(11):

(v. i.) To lament; to bewail; to complain.

(12):

(a.) A field of battle.

(13):

(a.) Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.

(14):

(superl.) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.

(15):

(superl.) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.

(16):

(v.) To make plain or manifest; to explain.

(17):

(superl.) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.