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   extramural

   /ˌɛkstrəˈmjʊərəl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a course of study) arranged for people who are not full-time members of a university or other educational establishment: British "extramural education"
   • ▪ additional to one's work or course of study: "extramural activities"
   • 2. outside the walls or boundaries of a town or city: "the extramural cemetery in Brighton"

   Word Origin mid 19th century (in extramural (sense 2 of the adjective)): from Latin extra muros ‘outside the walls’ + -al.

   Derivatives

   • 1. extramurally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 19

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   • X

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