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Audience Au"di*ence, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See Audible, a.] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds. Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. --Milton. 2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business. According to the fair play of the world, Let me have audience: I am sent to speak. --Shak. 3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers. Fit audience find, though few. --Milton. He drew his audience upward to the sky. --Dryden. Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. --Mozley & W. In general (or open) audience, publicly. To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview.
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Popularly, the title General is given to various general officers, as General, Lieutenant general, Major general, Brigadier general, Commissary general, etc. See Brigadier general, Lieutenant general, Major general, in the Vocabulary. 3. (Mil.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general. 4. (Eccl.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule. 5. The public; the people; the vulgar. [Obs.] --Shak. In general, in the main; for the most part.

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- nomenclatures for general officers include the titles and ranks: Adjutant general Commandant-general Inspector general General-in-chief General of the Army...
- Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank originates from the Old European System. The rank traces...
- Général is the French word for general. There are two main categories of generals: the general officers (officiers généraux), which are the highest-ranking...
- Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional...
- title or rank in itself (as it would be in the military). Even though the attorney general (and the similarly titled solicitor general) is occasionally...
- Major general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. In English-speaking countries, when...
- General elections are expected to be held in India by May 2029 to elect the members of the 19th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament. The tenure of...
- The General or The Generals may refer to: The General (1926 film), a Buster Keaton film The General (1992 film), a Russian war film The General (1998...
- In general relativity, a geodesic generalizes the notion of a "straight line" to curved spacetime. Importantly, the world line of a particle free from...