Barbara

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barbara \Bar"ba*ra\, n. [Coined by logicians.] (Logic)
     The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the
     various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism
     whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.
     --Whately.
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