Word of the Day:
venal
What It Means
Venous; pertaining to veins.
Venal in Context
“Thus, regimental commands in the army were – as with the judiciary or the financial bureaucracy – venal posts, which were purchased, bequeathed and sold among the nobility.”
Did You Know?
From Latin vēna (“vein”) + -al.
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