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n. [LME l significantia
significans: see fol.]
1 that which is signified; meaning 2 the quality of
being significant; suggestiveness; expressiveness 3
importance; consequence; moment . . .
It is not enough that a building is simply old. There must be
some reason why it represents of a part of our heritage -- as the
site of an historic event, the home of a famous person, or the best
example of a particular style of architecture.
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