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abstinence, fasting, prohibition; unlawfulness, incest; anything tabooed. It often takes an accusative case, as: fady ahy izany. Faly is used in the provinces. [comp. Swa. fali, an omen.] [1.2]
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Pretended abstinence, indulgence without violating the strict letter of the prohibition. [1.2]
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abstinence prescribed by a doctor to convalescents; a preventive; regimen, as not to eat beef, not to go in the sun, etc. See [1.2]
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