Guess what is always on my mind?
While I was helping my daughter tonight with her homework we happened to be looking up the word “quarantine” at dictionary.com. Check out the definition, especially the last one:
6 entries found for quarantine.
quar·an·tine.
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- A period of time during which a vehicle, person, or material suspected of carrying a contagious disease is detained at a port of entry under enforced isolation to prevent disease from entering a country.
- A place for such detention.
- Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.
- A condition of enforced isolation.
- A period of 40 days.
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December 20th, 2005 at 4:58 pm
That is interesting. Have you had more time to ponder on this? How about the 40 days and 40 nights?