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DEFINITION: (noun) A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church. SYNONYMS: Gregorian chant, plainchant. USAGE: The music professor explained that in the Western church four main dialects of plainsong developed—Ambrosian, Roman, Mozarabic and Gallican.

A 39 year old man was arrested Tuesday after officers noticed him using a laptop outside a home in west London. When questioned by police, he admitted to browsing the Internet via an unsecured wireless connection from a nearby house. Dishonestly obtaining electronic communication services, a practice known as piggybacking, is an offense under the Communications Act 2003 and a potential breach of the Computer Misuse Act. In 2005, the 1st person to be successfully prosecuted for this crime was fined 500 pounds.

Commonly called a “nose job,” rhinoplasty is surgery performed to improve either the function or appearance of a person's nose. Sushruta, an Indian physician, developed rhinoplasty in about 500 BCE. It was a necessary procedure at the time, because nose amputation was used as a punishment for certain crimes. Some of the techniques Sushruta developed are still in use today. In 1887, the 1st intranasal rhinoplasty was performed in the West. When was this procedure first used for cosmetic purposes?